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Your  Fellow-Kinsman, 

GEO.  W.  NANCE. 


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The  Xancc  Mciiiori^il 


A  HISTORY  OF  THE 


XANXH  FAMILY  IX  (;H\r;RAL 


But  More  Particularly  of  Clement  Nance,  of  Pitts\- 
\ania    County,    Vir;^nnia,    and    Descendants, 
Containing  Historical  and  Biocrraphical 
Records  with  Faiiiilv  Lineag-e 


By 

GEO.  W.  NANCE 


It  is  wise  for  us  to  recur  to  the  history  of  our  ancestors.  Those  who  do  not  look  upon 
themselves  as  a  link  connecting  the  Past  and  the  Future,  do  not  perform  their  duty  to  the 
world.— Daniel  Webster. 


11101  : 

J.  K.  Hiirke  &  Co..  Printers 

Blootningtoii,  III. 


ii  The  Nance  Memorial. 


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Come,  walk  with  me,  adown  the  aisles, 

Of  our  ancestral  halls, 

And  learn  of  those,  whose  hearts  and  lives 

Were  filled  with  love  of  God,  and  human  love. 

And  crowned,  by  His  grace. 

Take  pride,  your  ancestry  was  pure, 

Of  sturdy,  wholesome  stock. 

That  scorned  a  meanness,  or  a  wrong  ; 

A  name  which  none  could  mock. 

These  pioneers,  who  left  their  homes, — 

New  fields,  to  till  and  try,'  ■    ' 

And  dangers  brave,  and  ti;iAld  meet, 

They  made  their  mark,  indellible, 

And  stamped  it  on  the  race. 

Those  yet  to  come,  in  honest  pride, 

To  bear  an  open,  fearless  face. 

Those  who  in  this,  the  later  day, 

Are  numbered  in  "  The  Line," 

And  in  the  "  Record  "  have  a  place. 

Do  here  give  thanks,  and  homage  yield 

Our  brave  ancestors  —  gone. 

—Joanna  Shields  -  IVarrcn. 

L   2  i'9  ^ 
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The  Nance  Memorial.  j^j 


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SACRED 

to  the  memory  of 

CLEMENT    NANCE, 

preacher,  poet,  pioneer,  jud^e,  and  patriarch  • 

ancestral  head  of  Part  I.,  is  this  volume  affectionately  dedicated 

by  his  great-grandson, 

The  Author. 


The  patnarch  :s  the  mightiest  of  Kings  ;  he   rules  over  countless  .ener 
ations,  not  with  laws  written  on  tables  of  stone,  but  by  the  impress" 
his  own   character  stamped  in  the  nature  of  his  posterity.     So    sh 
mael  stamped  the  Arab  character  more  than  forty  centuries  ago 
and   so  Abraham  became  the  father  of  a  wonderous  pro-    ' 
geny,  touched  later  by  Jacob's  greed.     Clement  Nance 
has   already  laid  his  wand  of  empire   on   several 
generations,  and  religion,  probity,  intelligence, 
and  high  and  holy  purpose  is  the  message 
he  is  sending  down  the  ages.    His  scep- 
ter  over  generations  yet  unborn 
is  a  scepter  of  righteousnes. 

—[J?ev.)  N.J.  AyllsworUi. 


Blessed  is  the  man  that  feareth  the  Lord  and  that  delighteth  greatly 
in  his  commandments.  His  seed  shall  be  mighty  upon  the  earth  thi 
generationsoftheuprightshallbeblessed."-Ps    „2-r    2 


IV 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


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PER   MARE  PER   TERRAS 


NANCE       COAT   OV   ARMS. 


"  Semper-idem  " — the  same  always, 
Whether  the  days  be  many  or  few, 

"  Semper-idem  "  thus  we  praise. 
One  whom  we  know  to  be  true. 

This  "  Coat  of  Arms,"  a  race  belongs 
Whose  history  is  not  fully  known, 

But  that  to  Nance  —  whose  lineage's  traced 
In  this  Memorial's  by  them  owned. 

To  be  of  "  Semper-idem  "  stock, 
With  lives  well  regulate,  and  true, 

Is  honor  greatly  to  be  prized, — 

The  old  gauge's  better  than  the  new. 

"  Semi^er-idem," 


-Joe. 


There  are  two  ways  of  spelling  the  motto  on  this  Coat  of  Arms,  Cousin 
Joanna  prefers  the  one  generally  used,  while  Queen  Elizabeth  and  the  origi- 
nal owner  used  the  other  form.  The  meaning  is  the  same,  "always  the 
same." 

The  name  of  the  original  owner  is  not  known,  nor  is  his  nationality, 
whether  English  or  French.  The  origin  and  history  of  the  larger  "  Coat  of 
Arms  "  is  also  unknown. 


TiiK  Nance  Mkmorial.  v 


PREFACE. 


When  the  author  began  the  gathering  of  data  presented  in 
this  volume,  about  January,  1S92,  he  had  no  thought  of  a  pub- 
lished Memorial.  David  L.  Demorest,  father  of  Mrs.  Nance, 
having  prepared  his  own  family  tree  of  eleven  generations  and 
twenty  thousand  names,  urged  the  privilege  of  doing  the  same 
for  the  author. 

Before  Father  Demorest  became  too  old  to  use  pen  and  ink,  he 
had  placed  on  the  Nance  family  tree,  two  thousand  six  hundred 
and  fifty  names.  The  author  had  become  interested  and  con- 
tinued the  gathering  of  data.  Different  persons  wrote  urging  the 
])ublication  of  a  Nauce  history. 

After  his  return  from  New  Albany,  September,  1901,  the 
author  first  gave  .serious  thought  to  the  publication  of  a  family 
history. 

The  author  is  under  obligation  to  all  those  who  have  furnished 
data  of  their  own  families.     These  are  too  numerous  to  mention. 

To  tho.se  who  have  gone  outside  their  own  families,  sending 
data  and  assisting  in  other  ways,  he  wishes  to  mention  by  name. 

The  most  prominent  of  these,  doing  more  than  any  other,  is 
Cousin  William  Mitchell,  mentioned  at  length  at  the  proper  place. 
Space  forbids  the  mentioning  of  more  than  the  names  of  others  : 
James  D.  Nance,  \'ersalia  Inman,  Jas.  H.  Richardson,  Merica  P. 
Oatman,  Media  Caiisey,  Prof.  Chas.  W.  Shields.  Dr.  Willis  O. 
Nance,  and  Herbert  A.  Barrows,  deserve  special  mention.  The.se 
are  all  of  Part  I. 

Clement  Nance,  ancestral  head  of  Part  I.,  left  a  trunk  full  of 
genealogical  manuscript  that  was  burned  when  the  home  of  Susan 
Nance  Gresham  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1867.  No  one  has  been 
found  who  had  seen  the  contents,  though  several  remember  the 
trunk  and  were  aware  of  the  nature  of  the  contents.  With  the 
1  turning  of  that  trunk  all  knowledge  of  the  ancestry  of  our 
honored  dead  seems  to  have  perished  from  the  earth. 


vi  The  Nance  Memorial. 

The  author  is  not  aware  that  any  other  person  has  ever 
attempted  to  write  a  history  of  the  family. 

A  goodly  number  outside  of  Part  I.,  have  taken  deep  interest 
in  the  progress  of  the  Memorial,  aiding  in  every  way  possible. 

Only  a  few  of  the  most  persistent  and  efficient  can  be  named 
here:  J.  A,  McDannel,  Washington,  D.  C;  W.  E.  Nance,  Car- 
diflf,  Wales;  D.  C.  Nance,  Cedar  Hill,  Texas;  Miss  Bathenia  H. 
Nance,  Murfrecsboro,  Tennessee,  and  S.  E.  Nance  and  family,  of 
Petersburg,  Illinois,  deserve  special  mention. 

Whole  families  would  have  had  to  be  omitted,  and  in  fact 
some  have  been,  but  for  the  interest  taken  by  others,  who,  in 
addition  to  their  own  families,  have  done  what  they  could  to 
supply  the  lack  of  interest  in  their  relatives.  Should  any  member 
of  a  family  who  has  not  personally  furnished  records,  reading  this 
Memorial,  find  his  family  incomplete  or  incorrect,  let  him  blame 
himself  for  not  having  insured  its  correctness,  by  sending  the  very 
knowledge  by  which  he  judges  of  the  error  herein  found. 

And  now  a  last  word.  The  author  is  proud  of  his  work.  It 
is  the  child  of  his  mature  life ;  the  joy  of  his  declining  years.  He 
presents  it  with  all  of  its  imperfections,  without  apology.  He  has 
done  the  best  he  could.  He  makes  no  claim  to  literary  merit. 
He  has  tried  to  "tell  the  tale  as  'twas  told  to  him,"  in  common, 
every-day  language.  The  lack  of  interest  on  the  part  of  many 
has  been  the  only  source  of  annoyance,  yet  he  does  not  complain, 
for  the  letters  of  appreciation  have  been  many  and  warm. 

The  work  has  been  a  labor  of  love,  in  which  he  has  taken 
great  delight.  He  presents  the  Memorial  as  a  parent  would  a 
fond  child,  asking  that  it  be  received  without  expressions  of  dis- 
like over  its  imperfections  ;  but  he  would  be  pleased  to  have 
words  of  approval  from  those  who  have  longed  for  its  appearance, 
if  it  prove  not  a  disappointment. 

The  Author. 

Bloomingtoii,  111.,  July,  1904. 


Tup:  Nance  Mhmokial.  vii 


INTRODUCTION 


The  plan  of  the  genealogical  tables  in  this  work  is  so  unicine 
that  it  may  recjnire  some  explanation,  but  when  understood,  is  so 
simple  that  the  most  careless  may  read  and  trace  his  genealogy 
most  easily. 

As  far  as  known  to  the  author  no  work  has  ever  been  pub- 
lished following  the  plan  of  this  work.  The  tree  form  idea  was 
obtained  from  David  L.  Demorest,  father-in-law  of  the  author. 
The  calling  of  the  generations  by  the  parts  of  the  tree  is  original 
in  the  author. 

Beginning  with  the  ancestral  head  of  Part  I.,  he  is  called  the 
trunk.  The  trunk  divides  into  limbs,  the  limbs  into  branches, 
they  into  twigs.  The  twigs  bear  buds  which  bring  forth  blossoms, 
and  the  blossoms  grow  into  fruit.  So  the  seven  parts  of  the  tree 
answer  to  the  seven  generations  of  Part  I.  The  ancestors  of  our 
trunk,  if  they  were  known,  might  be  called  roots,  as  indeed  some 
of  the  families  have  more  than  one  generation  before  the  one  des- 
ignated as  trunk. 

It  has  been  the  aim  of  the  author  to  call  the  brothers,  sisters, 
cousins,  and  supposed  cousins  of  our  Clement,  trunks  of  their 
respective  families,  and  where  no  definite  relationship  was  known, 
to  call  those  of  same  day  and  generation,  as  near  as  may  be,  the 
trunk.  Thus  .several  of  the  families  have  one  or  more  ancestors 
of  their  trunks  that  might  be  called  roots,  if  one  wished  to  run 
the  simile  into  the  ground. 

The  advantage  is  this  :  Limbs  of  a  common  trunk  are  brothers 
and  sisters.  Branches  of  a  common  limb  are  also  brothers  and 
sisters.  So  also  are  twigs  of  a  common  branch  brothers  and 
sisters.  Twigs  having  a  common  trunk,  limb  and  branch  are  ahso 
brothers  and  sisters,  while  twigs  having  a  common  trunk  and 
limb,  but  different  branches,  are  cousins.  If,  however,  the  trunk 
only  is  common,  then  the  twigs  are  second  cousins.  If  the  trunks 
al.so  are  different,  then  the  twigs  are  third  cousins,  provided,  of 
course,  the    trunks  are    brothers  and    sisters.      If,    however,    the 


viii  The  Nance  Memorial. 

trunks  were  cousins,  then  the  twigs  are  fourth  cousins.  Thus 
the  twigs  in  the  families  of  William  Howe,  Zachariah  I.,  David, 
and  Frederick  Nance,  are  fourth  cousins,  positive  or  supposed. 

It  is  believed  that  this  will  simplifj'  the  tracing  of  relationships. 

For  example,  turn  to  page  twenty-five.  Here  you  see  Dorothj^ 
Nance-Burton,  limb  one.  At  the  close  of  her  life  sketch  is  a  list 
of  her  children,  or  branches.  Immediately  following,  is  Clement, 
branch  one.  Following  his  sketch  over  the  leaf  to  page  twenty- 
six,  you  see  his  likeness,  and  at  the  close,  follow  his  children, 
twigs.  Now  see  the  first  name  or  twig,  you  read  William  H. 
The  surname,  Burton,  is  left  off  as  a  superfluous  repetition.  Fol- 
lowing the  name  is  a  small  w,  meaning  wife,  whose  full  maiden 
name  appears  on  the  next  line  below.  The  small  d  following  the 
w,  means  the  person  is  dead.  In  the  column  to  the  right  are  the 
buds.  In  this  family  there  is  but  one,  Sarah  C.  The  h  means 
husband  whose  name  appears  on  the  line  below,  Ross  Eldon  Witt. 
Following  his  name  is  their  address,  Clarksville,  Iowa.  (The 
address  is  given  when  known.)  The  next  column  gives  the  three 
blossoms,  all  having  companions  and  addresses.  The  last  column 
has  the  fruit,  each  of  these  blossoms  bearing  fruit.  Now  by 
retracing  this  first  famil}'  in  the  book,  from  Dorothy  Nance- 
Burton,  limb,  through  branch,  twig,  bud,  and  blossom,  to  Charles 
E.  Witt,  the  first  fruit  in  the  Memorial,  often  enough  to 
thoroughly  understand  it,  you  will  have  no  trouble  in  understand- 
ing any  table  in  this  volume. 

The  indexes  have  been  simplified  and  made  more  efficient  by 
the  leaving  out  of  all  buds,  blossoms,  and  fruits,  admitting  onl}' 
the  trunk,  limbs,  branches,  and  twigs.  It  is  believed  that  any 
one  desiring  to  trace  himself  or  another,  will  have  little  or  no 
trouble  in  tracing  back  to  the  twig  without  the  use  of  the  book. 
This  saves  the  addition  of  1,895  names  to  the  index  in  Part  I. 
alone,  thus  avoiding  a  very  cumbersome  list.  Besides,  very  many 
would  be  repetitions  of  names,  always  confusing  in  a  family  index. 
P'ollowing  the  names  in  the  index  are  the  letters  tr,  1,  b,  or  t, 
indicating  whether  the  person  is  a  trunk,  limb,  branch,  or  twig. 
I'"ollowing  the  names  in  the  index  are  two  or  more  page  numbers, 
some  times.  Tiiey  usually  refer  to  different  persons  with  the 
same  name. 

Cox'SiN,  One  collaterally  related  by  descent  from  a  common  ancestor, 
1)ul  not  a  Ijrollier  or  sister.  The  children  of  brothers  and  sisters  are  first 
cousins  ;  the  children  of  first  cousins  are  second  cousins,  etc.  A  first  cousin 
once  renio\ed  is  a  cliild  of  one's  first  cousin  ;  a  first  cousin  twice  removed  is 


The  Nance  Memorial.  ix 

the  grandchild  of  one's  first  cousin,  etc.  A  second  cousin  once  removed  is 
the  child  of  one's  second  cousin,  etc.  A  first  cousin  once  removed  is  some- 
times called  a  second  cousin  ;  a  second  cousin,  a  third  cousin,  and  so  on. — 
The  Standard  Dictionary. 

The  author  has  been  careful  in  quoting  the  above,  becau.se  of 
the  confusion  on  the  subject  of  consanguinity  in  the  minds  of  a 
good  raan3\  Indeed  the  very  best  and  most  extensive  Memorial 
that  the  author  has  been  permitted  to  peruse,  gives  a  very  differ- 
ent definition  of  the  term  cousin.  It  is  a  mystery  where  the  com- 
piler obtained  his  definition. 

The  page  in  the  index,  after  the  name,  always  refers  to  the 
page  where  the  name  is  found  in  the  table.  The  life  sketch  and 
the  half-tone  of  the  trunks,  limbs,  and  branches,  are  always  found 
above  their  respective  tables,  while  those  of  the  twigs,  buds, 
and  blossoms,  are  always  found  below  their  respective  tables. 

The  chief  value  of  this  work,  apart  from  the  historical  matter, 
is  centered  in  the  genealogical  or  family  tables.  Study  them. 
Understand  them.  No  attempt  has  been  made  to  write  a  life 
sketch  of  each  of  the  more  than  five  thousand  names  appearing 
in  this  Memorial.  Such  would  be  an  impossible  task,  besides  it 
would  not  be  interesting,  if  it  were  possible.  An  attempt  has 
been  made,  however,  to  write  a  .short  sketch  of  a  few  of  the  most 
prominent  members  of  each  family  and  generation.  In  many 
instances  it  has  been  impossible  to  get  data  from  which  a  sketch 
could  be  written.  Many  families  have  furnished  very  meager 
information,  or  none  at  all.  Others  have  furnished  more  than 
could  be  u.sed,  consequently  much  interesting  matter  had  to  be 
dropped  or  condensed,  to  keep  a  proper  equipoise  between  the 
various  parts  of  the  volume. 

As  a  very  large  percentage  of  those  named  in  this  Memorial 
are  members  of  the  religious  body  calling  themselves  variously 
the  Christian  Church,  Church  of  Christ,  Disciples  of  Christ,  and 
in  a  few  instances  Disciples  Church,  the  author  has  deemed  it 
best  to  use  but  one  term,  the  first  mentioned,  and  to  explain  the 
same  here.  He  prefers  the  term.  Church  of  Christ,  and  indeed 
he  thinks  a  very  large  majority  of  the  congregations  have  been 
legally  organized  under  that  name,  while  at  the  same  time  locally 
using  the  term  Christian  Church. 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


CONTENTS, 


Nances  of  the  World, 


PART  I. 


Chapter  I.,  Clement  Nance,  Trunk, 
Chapter  II.,  Dorothy  Burton,  Limb, 
Chapter  III.,  Mosias  Nance,  Limb, 
Chapter  IV.,  Susan  Shaw,  Limb,     . 
Chapter  V.,  Mary  Shields,  Limb, 
Chapter  VI.,  William  Nance,  Limb, 
Chapter  VII.,  Nancy  Oatman,  Limb,     . 
Chapter  VIII.,  Clement  Nance,  Limb, 
Chapter  IX.,  Jane  Jordon,  Limb, 
Chapter  X.,  John  Wesley  Nance,  Limb,     . 
Chapter  XI.,  Elizabeth  Richardson,  Limb, 
Chapter  XII.,  James  R.  Nance,  Limb, 
Chapter  XIII.,  Giles  Nance,  Limb, 

PART  II. 

Chapter  I.,  Zachariah  Nance  I.,       . 
Chapter  II.,  David  Nance, 
Chapter  III.,  William  Nance, 
Chapter  IV.,  Richard  Nance, 
Chapter  V.,  John  Nance, 

James  Nance, 

James  Nance, 
Chapter  VI.  ]   James  Nance, 

James  Nance, 

James  H.  Nance, 

Giles  Nance, 

Eaton  Nance,    . 

George  Nance, 

Robert  Nance,    . 

George  W.  Nance, 

Miss  Nance  Chandler,  . 

William  Nantz,        .     ^ 

Archibald  J.  Nance, 


Chapter  VII. 


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ILLUSTRATIONS. 


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PART  I. 

Adkins,  Mary  Cunningham  and  Family, 
Aylsworth,  Elder  and  Mrs.  N.  J. 
Barrows,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  T., 
Baxter,  Lucy  Nance, 

"        Lynden  and  Russell, 
Brazie,  Fred  E., 
Bullington,  Mary  Long,    . 
Burlington,  Dr.  J.  C, 
Burton,  Charles  W., 
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"         Josephus, 
Carman,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Isaac, 
Causey,  Media  Jennings, 
Claggett,  Josephine  and  Louise, 
Cook,  Prof.  D.  J., 

"      James  H., 

"      Samuel, 
Craig,  Elizabeth  Graham, 
Crane,  Charles  E., 
Charles  L., 

"        Mary  Lizzie 
Dewees,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ira  A., 
Gates,  Lulu  Tyler, 
Harber  Brothers, 

"       Martha  Nance, 
Hunt,  Florence  Carman,  group, 
Inman,  Versalia  Nantz, 
Kingery,  Rev.  David, 
Kintner,  Elizabeth  Shields, 
Kistler,  Carrie  Oatman, 
McCrae,  Rev.  John, 
McKinney,  Carrie  Snider, 
Mitchell,  Susan  Long 

"  William, 

Moore,  Catharine  Nance, 
Myers,  Lucretia  Wright, 
Nance,  Albinus, 

"       Brothers,  group. 


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Nance,  Charles  H., 

"       Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clement, 
"       Mr.  and  Mrs.  David, 
"       Mr.  and  Mrs.  Francis  M., 
George  W., 
Mrs.  George  W., 
Dr.  Henry  H., 
"       Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hiram, 
"       Dr.  and  Mrs.  H.  Irving,    . 
"       James  D., 

Marie  E.,    . 
"       Martha  Chamberlain, 
Olive  L.,     . 
Richard  R.,      . 
Richard  W., 
"       Roswell  S.,       . 
"       Dr.  and  Mrs.  Roy, 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William, 
"       Dr.  Willis  O., 
Xatitz,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Orville  R., 
NuiieTiiacher,  Avesta  Shields, 
Oalnian,  Klder  John, 

"  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jesse, 

"  I\Ir.  and  Mrs.  Pleasant  S., 

Rardin,  Belle  Burton, 
Reed,  Carrie  E., 

Kli/.abeth  Burton,    . 
Richardson,  Aaron, 

"  Aaron  A.,       . 

"  Elizabeth  Nance, 

"  James  H  ,       . 

"  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  M., 

"  Mary  Nance, 

"  Russell  A.  and  Family, 

Rev.  W.  F., 
Routh,  Henry  H., 
Shields,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  E.  P., 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henry  B., 
"         Mary  Nance, 
Smith,  Clarence  W.  and  Raymond  J 
Snider,  Jane  Nance, 
Tyler,  Rev.  B.  B., 
Van  Nest,  Hattie  Harber, 
Ward,  Franklin  A.,      . 
Warren,  Sarah  Nance, 
Washburn,  Ida  Burton, 
"  Carleton  E.,    . 

"  Carrie  E., 


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Adilisoii,  Leilii  Wallace, 
Craiji.  \irj4i11ia  Nance, 
Gum,  Matihla,  Kfo^'P. 

Matilda  l"ariii  Residence, 
Hill,  I'arllieiia  Xance, 
Kilbourn,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  G.  A., 
Moore,  Mary  Nance, 
Nance,  Ivlder  A.  J., 

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Milton  D., 
Neva,     . 

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Ross  A., 
Roy  C, 
"       Sevij^nia  !■'., 

Spotswood  A.  and  Son,      . 
"       Washington  J., 
William,      . 
Zachariah  Henry, 
Owen,  Josiah  W.  and  Kugenia  vS., 

"       Elder  and  Mrs.  Wm.  H., 
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PATRIOTISM 


On  the  pages  of  this  Memorial  are  expressions  from  some  of 
those  of  the  south  land,  concerning  the  issues  of  the  days  of  the 
civil  war  of  1861-5,  not  always  complimentary  to  the  people  of 
the  north.  The  author,  as  well  as  hundreds  whose  names  appear 
in  this  Memorial,  was  in  the  conflict  on  the  side  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  Union.  There  were  other  hundreds  on  the  side  of  the 
Confederacy.  The  author  has  studiously  avoided  these  questions 
himself  while  allowing  others  full  right  to  express  themselves  in 
their  own  way. 

The  author's  sentiments  on  these  matters  are  found  only  on 
this  page.  First,  he  is  not  conscious  of  now  having,  or  ever  hav- 
ing had  any  prejudice  for  or  against  the  people  of  the  south. 
Second,  he  believes  the  intelligent  people,  both  north  and  south, 
are  now  convinced  that  the  race  problem  is  not  settled  as  yet. 
Third,  he  believes  that  no  one  at  all  intelligent  is  sorry  we  have 
one  united  country  to-day  ;  that  we  of  the  north  can  cross  the  Ohio 
river  into  lyOuisville,  and  the  people  of  the  south  can  cross  the 
same  river  into  Cincinnati,  to  do  our  shopping  without  having  to 
pay  duty  on  our  purchases,  and  having  our  luggage  inspected  by 
government  officials  every  time  we  cross  the  line.  Fourth,  he 
has  asked  cousin  Joanna  Shields- Warren,  of  Louisville,  to  express 
in  rhyme  an  up-to-date  sentiment  on  these  issues,  as  a  kind  of 
antidote  to  some  expressions  that  may  appear  to  some  as  hardly 
present  day  sentiment.     She  responds  as  follows  : 


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The  Blue  and  the  Gray. 

They  waged  the  battle  together, 

They  fought  in  deadly  strife  ; 
'Twas  but  the  soul's  appealing 

For  a  principle  dearer  than  life. 

The  ties  of  blood  and  of  birthright 

Were  ignored,  forgot  in  the  fray, 
And  the  one  impelling  impulse 

Guided  each  in  this  fatal  way. 

The  South  was  dear  to  its  people, 

And  just  as  dear,  the  to-day. 
And  to  see  her  crushed  and  wounded. 

Was  a  something  to  grieve  alway. 

Each  were  right,  and  God  will  judge  them 

With  a  judgment  higher  than  man  ; 
He  knows  what  made  these  differences. 

Not  alike,  and  yet  not  to  blame. 

One  family,  each  child  with  its  impulse, 
Some  stronger,  and  others  more  true. 

What  caused  the  wild  rush  of  feeling 
To  differ,  none  living  can  know. 

But  now  that  the  war  is  long  ended, 
And  years  have  both  come  and  gone. 

The  brother — hood  feel — the  God  man 

Rules  again,  and  there's  peace  in  the  home. 

The  feeling  of  hatred, — resentment^ 

Is  softened — and  wrongs  endured— 
Are  left  in  the  past,  but  remembered 

Though  unspoken,  and  the  wounds  scarce  cured. 

In  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Heaven, 

The  Blue  and  the  Gray 
Will  meet  and  clasp  hands 

By  order  of  the  Grand  Master  above. 
All  differences  healed,  all  wrongs  forgot. 

They  will  aye  dwell  in  unity,  peace,  and  love. 


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ERRATA, 


Page      I,  line  ii,  for  "contest,"  read  "conquest." 

"  21,  "  29,  after  "never,"  insert  "had." 

"  77,  "  25,  between  "the"  and  "more,"  insert  "Lord." 

"  109,  "  15,  for  "John,"  read  "Hugh." 

"  127,  "  I,  for  "limbs,"  read  "branches." 

140,  bud  column,  for  "Zulu,"  read  "Lulu." 

"  180,  "  5    from  bottom,  for  "developed,"  read  "devolved." 

"  185,                 middle  of  page,  for  "1839,"  read  "1838." 

"  201,                 twig  column,  for  "Illinois,"  read  "Indiana." 

"  223,                 twig  column,  for  "Paer,  Texas,"  read  "Poer,  Texas." 

"  255,  "  2,  for  "twigs,"  read  "branches." 

"  288,                 branch  column,  for  "James  Dayton,"  read  Jas.  Drayton." 

"  302,  "  6,  erase  the  word  "intestate. " 

"  303>  "  6   from  bottom,  for  "road,"  read  "rope." 

"  292,  under  the  half-tone,  "Addison,"  should  be  affixed  to  "Wallace." 

There  are  other  typographical  errors  but  they  do  not  mar  the  meaning, 
and  they  will  be  easily  detected. 

The  reader  will  please  turn  at  once  to  the  errors  indicated  above  and 
with  fine  pen  and  ink,  make  the  corrections. 


THE  NANCES  OF  THE  WORLD. 


THE  earliest  mention  of  the  name  Nance  as  applied  to  a 
family,  that  the  author  has  found,  is  in  a  communication 
from  Padstow,  Cornwall,  England,  written  by  Elijah 
Nance  to  W.  E.  Nance,  Esq.,  of  Cardiff,  Wales.  (See  Appendix, 
Exhibit  "A".)  This  letter  was  written  in  1856,  and  covers,  as 
it  says,  790  3'ears  from  1066,  when  William  the  Conqueror  in  one 
battle  at  Hastings,  killed  the  King  and  took  possession  of  all 
England  and  Wales.  This  army  had  crossed  from  Normandy,  in 
France.  The  whole  of  England  and  Wales  was  confiscated  and 
became  the  possessions  of  the  Conqueror  and  his  army. 

Under  the  heading,  "The  Norman  Contest  of  England,"  in 
Johnson's  Universal  Cyclopaedia,  is  the  following,  viz  : 

Domesday  Book,  William's  famous  property-survey,  divides  the  land 
into  60,215  knii^ht-fees,  28,015  of  which  are  in  the  hands  of  the  church,  each 
beins^  pledged  to  knight  (or  equivolent  foot)  service  and  to  all  precedental 
feudal  taxes  and  tributes,  liable  also  to  escheat  and  forfeiture.  These  feoffs 
or  fees  are  held  from  the  Crown  ( i  )  by  a  score  or  so  of  great  secular  vassals, 
magnates  of  Normandy,  leaders  of  the  conquoring  army  invested  with  large 
but  scattering  complexes;  (2)  by  several  hundred  lesser  chief-tenants  or 
crown  vassals,  nearly  all  Normans  ;  and  (3)  by  the  higher  clergy,  Norman 
and  Saxon.  From  these,  again  held  by  re-enfeoffment  7,871  after- vassals- 
half  Saxon  thanes,  left  in  possession  under  Norman  overlords,  half  Norman 
soldiers,  sharing  with  their  leaders  the  lands  they  had  helped  to  win.  These, 
too,  are  sworn  "men  of  the  king,"  levied  and  led,  not  by  their  lords,  but  by 
the  royal  viscounts,  constables,  and  marshals.  Instead  of  the  earlier,  irreg- 
ular folk-service,  stood  now  a  strong  fedual  militia,  paid  with  land  and  under 
full  control  of  the  monarch  from  whom  the}'  held  their  pay,  making  Eng- 
land's rulers,  for  the  first  time,  full  lords  of  the  island,  and  England,  from 
the  side  of  power,  at  least,  a  thoroughly  united  state. 

The  Normans  had  but  one  name,  a  Christian,  or  given  name. 
Coming  into  England  where  people  had  two  names,  they  adopted 
this  custom  of  the  country.  In  this  army  was  a  general  from  a 
valley  in  Normandy,  called  Nantes.  This  general  took  the  name 
Nance  from  this  valley  home,  for  some  reason  changing  the  spell- 


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ing  somewhat.  His  .share  of  the  land  was  located  at  Padstow, 
Cornwall,  and  the  family  is  still  there,  but  they  have  lost  their 
estate. 

There  is  another  old  family  in  Cornwall,  for  an  account  of 
which  see  Appendix,  Exhibit  "B."  And  still  another,  of  which 
John  Hobson  Matthews,  the  author  of  "  History  of  St.  Ives,  and 
Other  Parishes, "  is  a  descendant.  (See  Exhibit  "C" . )  ALso  see 
quotations  from  said  work  (Exhibit  "D").  From  these  quota- 
tions you  will  .see  references  to  one  "Old  John  Nance,"  by  John 
Wesley.  Said  John  Nance  was  one  of  John  Wesley's  best  friends 
and  backers  in  his  troubles  at  St.  Ives. 

The  author  has  no  evidence  that  any  of  the  American  Nances 
have  descended  from  any  of  these  old  families.  He  has  not  even 
a  tradition  pointing  that  way.  Some  of  the  above  families  were 
Catholic,  and  some  were  Protestant. 

The  history  of  the  family  of  Nance,  in  France,  prior  to  their 
emigration  to  America,  is  but  little  known.  Sufficient,  however, 
has  been  obtained  through  history  and  tradition  to  establish  the 
fact  that  we  are  of  French  lienage. 

The  Nances  were  Protestants.  The  Protestants  were  called 
Huguenots  as  a  reproach.     The  Standard  Dictionary  says  : 

The  Huguenots  were  the  most  uioral,  industrious  and  intelligent  part  of 
the  French  population. 

Andrew  X.,  of  Belfast,  Ireland  (Exhibit  "E").  says  : 

My  Uncle  William  spent  much  time  and  mone)-  in  looking  up  his 
ancestry.  He  found  the  "  Coat  of  Arms"  of  the  family,  the  motto  of  which 
is  the  same  as  that  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  indicates  that  ro^-al  blood  of 
France  flows  in  our  veins  ;  and  that  the  Nances  appear  to  have  been  an 
aristocratic,  noble  famih- ;  and  that  the  name  was  a  territorial  name.  Thus, 
we  could  call  ourselves  DeNance,  if  we  so  desired.  Two  brothers,  Andrew  I., 
and  Clement,  with  their  families,  fled  from  France  at  the  time  of  the  Hugue- 
not persecutions,  when  so  many  fled  to  England,  Gemiany,  Switzerland, 
South  America,  and  North  America.  These  brothers  came  to  Cornwall  in 
South  England  where  Andrew  I.  settled  and  became  the  head  of  a  large 
family.  His  descendants  have  spread  over  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland. 
One  family  went  to  the  Scilly  Islands  where  it  is  said  one  island  is  inhabited 
almost  entirely  by  Nances.  That  Clement  went  north  and  was  entirely  lost 
to  his  brother  Andrew. 

The  tradition  of  the  family  in  America  is  that  our  ancestors 
were  driven  from  France  and  settled  in  Wales,  from  which  country 
they  early  came  to  America.  Thus  history  and  tradition  seem  to 
agree,  Wales  being  just  north  of  Cornwall,  and  adjoining  .same. 

Just  when  the  Nances  came  to  America  is  uncertain,  but  it 
must  have  been  very  soon  after  settlement  began,  judging  by  the 


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very  many  of  the  name  found  about  tide-water  in  \'irginia  and 
North  Carolina. 

It  seems  most  reasonable  that  this  Clement,  brother  of  Andrew 
I.,  must  have  been  our  emigrating  father.  First,  from  the  fact 
that  no  Nances  are  found  in  Wales  who  cannot  be  easily  traced  to 
a  different  ancestry.  The  family  could  not  have  remained  there 
very  long.  Secondly,  because  of  the  preponderance  of  Clement's 
in  nearly  all  Nance  families  in  America. 

One  writer  says  our  emigrating  father  came  over  with  Cap- 
tain John  Smith  on  his  third  trip,  the  company  forming  the  first 
permanent  settlement  in  Virginia.  This  was  in  1607.  This  is 
erroneous,  for  John  Smith  in  his  autobiography  gives  the  lists  of 
all  who  came  with  him  on  all  his  trips,  and  no  Nance  appears. 

This  .same  writer  says  that  our  ancestors  were  of  the  .\lbi- 
gensesof  South  France,  and  that  "  They  ever  held  to  the  doctrine, 
faith,  and  practice  of  their  ancestors,  the  Albigenses  faith,  and 
came  to  America  with  the  hope  of  finding  a  country  and  a  home 
in  which  they  might  establish  a  government  fraught  with  moder- 
ation and  religious  toleration.  They  formed  the  embryo  of  the 
Baptist  church  that  spread  throughout  the  country,  from  whose 
church  government  Thomas  Jefferson  got  his  first  form  of  a  demo- 
cratic constitution  which  afterwards  ripened  into  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States  of  America." 

The  author  thinks  he  is  in  error  in  this  as  in  the  other  state- 
ment, for  "Albigenses"  was  a  name  applied  loosely  to  "here- 
tics," belonging  to  various  sects  that  abounded  in  the  South  of 
France  about  the  beginning  of  the  thirteenth  century.  From 
1209  to  1226,  a  cruel  war  continued  in  which  hundreds  of  thous- 
ands were  put  to  death.  A  settlement  was  effected  at  the  latter 
date.  The  Albigenses  lost  their  idenity  long  before  the  settle- 
ment of  this  country  began. 

These  same  "heretics"  of  the  Romish  church  of  the  thir- 
teenth century,  were  called  "  Huguenots"  in  the  later  centuries. 
The  war  on  the  Huguenots  began  in  earnest  in  1559,  and  kept  up 
to  the  edict  of  Nantes  in  1598,  when  they  had  comparative  peace 
for  about  twenty  years.  Then  the  cruel  war  began  again. 
Rochelle,  the  stronghold  of  the  Huguenots  fell  in  162S,  and  of 
her  24,000  inhabitants,  but  4,000  remained,  the  balance  having 
died  by  starvation  or  massacre.  The  wars  continued  until  the 
revocation  of  the  edict  of  Nantes,  in  1685.  In  the  next  three 
years  it  is  said  France  lost  nearly  one  million  by  emigration. 


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Just  when  this  Clement  Nance  came  to  America,  if  he  really 
came,  is  unknown.  From  the  Vestry  Book  and  Register  of 
Bristol  Parish,  Virginia  (Exhibit  "F"),  we  get  the  first  birth 
records  known.  The  number  is  about  twenty-five,  and  date  from 
1712  to  1745.  They  contain  the  names  Daniel,  F^lizabeth,  Elinor, 
Phebe,  Lucy,  Mary,  Eliza,  John,  Jane,  Thomas,  Richard, 
William,  Leonard,  Nathaniel,  Anne,  Martha,  Giles,  Sarah,  Pris- 
cilla,  and  Nancy.     Several  of  the  names  appear  a  number  of  times. 

In  a  list  of  thirty-one  land  patents  granted  to  "Nance,"  in 
Virginia,  from  1639  to  1779  (Exhibit  "G"),  these  names  appear: 
Richard,  William,  John,  Daniel,  Thomas,  Reuben,  Giles,  and 
Clement.  Some  of  the  names  are  repeated  several  times.  The 
first  was  for  300  acres  in  Henrico  county,  to  Richard  Nance,  for 
transportation  of  six  persons  into  the  colony.  This  was  issued 
March  18,  1639,  only  thirty-two  years  after  the  first  permanent 
settlement  in  Virginia. 

One  patent  to  1,574  acres,  was  granted  to  Giles  Nance, 
December  i,  1779.  This  is  no  doubt  the  tract  from  which  he 
deeded  something  over  1,000  acres  chiefly  to  our  Clement  and  his 
family,  from  17S7  to  1796. 

The  Clement  named  in  patent  to  270  acres,  is  the  ancestral 
head  of  Part  I.  There  are  about  twenty-five  supposedly  dis- 
tinct families  named  in  this  volume.  The  particulars  of  each 
family  are  given  in  the  proper  place.  The  author  can  only  men- 
tion a  few  of  the  most  prominent,  as  to  size  here.  Early  in  his 
researches  for  his  own  family,  that  of  Clement  Nance,  senior, 
(Part  L)  he  came  across  the  descendants  of  Zachariah  IL, 
(Part  II.)  in  the  family  of  A.    G.    Nance,    Petersburg,    Illinois. 

About  the  same  time  he  was  put  into  correspondence  with 
Miss  Bethenia  H.  Nance,  of  Nashville,  now  of  Murfreesboro, 
Tennessee.  She  is  descended  from  David  Nance,  who  was  uncle 
of  Zachariah  II.,  above.  Mrs.  Lucy  Baxter  Hunt  is  descended 
from  the  same  David,  but  through  another  son.  The  family  of 
David,  as  well  as  that  of  Zachariah  II.,  is  a  very  large  one.  It  is 
very  evident  that  Zachariah  I.  and  David  were  brothers  ;  also  as 
told  more  fully  in  Part  I.,  many  of  us  believing  that  the  father 
of  Clement,  of  Part  I.,  was  William  How  Nance,  who  also  had 
a  brother  Frederick,  father  of  Cloa  Nance  Mitchell,  we  settled 
down  to  the  belief  that  these  four,  Zachariah  I.,  David,  William 
How,  and  Frederick,  were  brothers.  This  would  connect  three 
of  the  largest  families,  and  a  smaller  one,  making  a  family  of 


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mauy  thousands.  This  seemed  ahnost  positive,  the  more  so,  iu 
that  Zachariah  II.  remembered  seeing  his  Uncle  William.  He  also 
remembered  his  uncle's  son,  Thomas,  and  son-in-law,  Tucker. 
They  returned  to  New  Kent  county  after  the  Revolution,  for  the 
purpose  of  obtaining  their  mother's  dowery  from  the  Vaughn 
estate.  (See  Part  II.)  Some  months  since,  Prof,  Shields,  of 
Part  I.,  sent  the  author  copies  which  he  obtained  of  some  old 
wills.  (Exhibit  "H.")  Among  these  wulls  is  one  of  William 
Nance,  evidently  the  uncle  remembered  by  Zachariah  II.  In  this 
will  he  names  his  children,  but  does  not  name  Clement.  This  the 
author  confesses  was  a  hard  blow  to  him  for  he  had  learned  to 
love  the  family  of  Zachariah  II.  We  have,  therefore,  been  loth 
to  give  this  infofmation  out,  as  it  cuts  him  off  from  close  relation- 
ship to  these  two  large  families. 

There  is  another  very  large  family  with  Richard  as  ancestral 
head.  They  are  widely  scattered.  Mr.  J.  A.  McDannel,  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  a  member  of  this  family,  was  a  great  help  to 
the  author,  in  tracing  this  famil}'. 

Another  large  family  has  Reuben  as  ancestral  head.  They 
are  widely  scattered. 

'  A  North  Carolina  family,  a  large  one,  has  John  as  ancestral 
head.  His  grand  son,  John  Webb  Nance,  resides  at  Abingdon, 
Illinois.     His  picture  appears  with  the  family  history. 

All  these  families  from  Zachariah  II.  down,  and  many  more, 
appear  in  Part  II.  They  are  an  interesting  studv.  The  author 
has  no  doubt  a  good  many  of  the.se  families  could  be  traced  to  a 
common  ancestry,  if  one  with  time  and  money  and  a  copy  of  this 
memorial  should  visit  Virginia  and  make  a  personal  investigation. 
He  trusts  someone  may  do  this  in  his  day. 

Our  Religion. 

All  Nances  in  America  are  Protestants.  A  few  have  married 
into  Catholic  families,  but  the  author  has  never  heard  of  one 
becoming  a  Catholic. 

As  to  Protestant  bodies,  a  very  large  majority  of  Nances  are 
members  or  adherants  of  the  Christian  church.  Clement  (Part 
I.),  and  his  descendants,  are  fully  nine-tenth  of  that  faith. 
Zachariah  II.  (Part  II.),  and  his  descendants,  are  very  largely 
of  the  same  faith.  The  descendants  of  David  are  largely  Baptist. 
The  author  is  not  informed  as  to  the  church  affiliations  of  the 
descendants  of  Richard,  to  any  large  extent,  but  they  are  of  the 
Christian  church  as  far  as  his  information  goes.     The  descend- 


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ants  of  Reuben  are  of  the  same  faith   as  far  as  the  author   is 
informed,  which  is  quite  general. 

Our   PoutiCvS. 

Not  one  of  the  name,  as  far  as  known,  be  it  said  to  our  honor, 
has  ever  taken  up  politics  as  a  profession,  or  as  a  livelihood. 

We  are  strong  in  our  adherance  to  what  we  believe  to  be  right. 
We  are  lovers  of  political  and  religious  liberty  for  which  our  fore- 
fathers came  to  this  country. 

We  are  strong  in  our  party  affiliations.  We  are  great  lovers 
of  our  country  and  our  religion,  and  are  ever  ready  to  die  for 
either.  This  is  evidenced  by  the  very  many  who  entered  the 
armies  in  the  rebellion  of  1861-5.  Those  in  the  south  land  being 
found  generally  in  the  Confederate  army,  and  those  of  the  north, 
in  the  army  for  the  preservation  of  the  Union. 

Coming  from  the  south  it  is  natural  that  we  should  be  largely 
democrats.  Of  course  there  are  very  many  exceptions  to  this. 
Those  settling  fartherest  north  are  more  largely  republicans.  The 
prohibition  party  has  its  usual  percentage  of  adherants  in  our 
family. 

Our  Vocations. 

More  of  our  family  are  tillers  of  the  soil  than  follow  any  other 
one  calling.  Among  the  professions,  that  of  medicine  is  far  in 
the  lead.  (This  is  certainly  true  of  Clement's  family,  but  the 
author  is  not  as  well  informed  as  to  other  families. )  The  law  has 
its  devotees,  as  well  as  the  gospel.  Quite  a  number  are  profes- 
sors in  colleges,  or  teachers'in  other  schools.  He  thinks  we  have 
attained  greatest  success  as  merchants  and  traders.  We  have  a 
good  sprinkling  of  bankers.  We  are  found  in  all  honorable  voca- 
tions of  life.  We  have  never  heard  of  a  saloon  keeper,  gambler 
or  criminal  in  our  family.  There  are  a  few  weak  ones,  weak  to 
resist  temptations  of  the  open  dram  shop  set  along  their  path  by 
our  so-called  Christian  civilization.  Be  this  said  to  the  everlast- 
ing disgrace  of  Protestant  America.  Ninety-nine  times  out  of  a 
hundred,  when  you  find  a  Nance,  you  will  find  a  citizen  in  the 
middle  walks  of  life,  honored  and  respected  by  all  who  know  him. 
This  last  .sentence  is  the  highest  compliment  that  can  be  paid  any 
people. 

Many  of  the  family  have  much  wealth,  and  .some  are  quite 
independent,  but  the  author  does  not  believe  that  the  amassing  of 
wealth  is  a  characteristic  of  the  family. 


PART  I. 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


CHAPTER 


Clement  Nance,  vSenior. 

The  head's  the  cap-sheaf  of  the  man, 

And  Clement  Nance  the  head,  this  race  began 

Bodily  to  form,  and  more  adown  the  ranks  of  years, 

Long  years.     And  from  his  1)rain  evohed 

The  changes — traits — changes  that  multiply  with  time, 

The  impulse  governing — to  many  l)earing  the  name. 

Example  his,  to  imitate — be  as  this  good  man  was 

So, — "  Being  dead,  he  speaketh  yet,"  to  man. 

— Joanna  Shields  Warren. 

Clement  Nance,  like  Melchisedec,  seems  to  have  been  withotit 
father,  withotit  mother.  He  is  the  ancestral  head  of  the  family 
whose  histor}'  is  given  here.  We  do  not  know  the  name 
of  his  father  or  his  mother.  The  author  believes  that  the  late 
William  Mitchell,  twig  of  branch  two,  limb  one,  was  the  most 
reliable  living  witness  of  recent  years.  He  was  al.so  the  eldest 
living  member  of  the  family  for  many  years.  He  was  born  in 
1817,  and  passed  peacefully  away  September  28,  1903.  He  was 
positive  that  William  How  Nance,  "Uncle  Billy  How,"  as  he 
was  familiarly  called,  was  father  of  our  ancestral  head,  Clement 
Nance.  Said  William  Mitchell  was  grandson  of  Cloa  Nance 
Mitchell.  She  was  daughter  of  Frederick  Nance.  Frederick  and 
William  How  were  brothers.  He  well  remembered  a  visit  Cle- 
ment made  at  the  home  of  his  father,  James  Mitchell,  and  well 
remembered  the  meeting  of  Cloa  and  Clement.  Clement  remarked 
as  they  met  and  embraced,  "  Well,  Cloa,  I  must  kiss  thee."  She 
replied,  "Why  not,  Clement,  for  are  we  not  cousins?  Were  not 
our  fathers  brothers?  "  William  Mitchell  was  a  lad  at  this  time, 
and  the  impressions  received  at  this  meeting  of  his  grandmother 
on  his  father's  side,  and  his  great-grandfather  on  his  mother's 
side,  both  aged,  were  indelibly  impressed  on  his  young  mind.  He 
also  remembered  frequent  conversations  between  his  father's 
mother,  Cloa,  and  his  mother's  mother,   Dorothy  (limb  one),  as 


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to  old  times  iu  Virginia  where  they  were  neighbors.  They  always 
spoke  to  each  other,  or  of  each  other,  as  consin.  Many  times  has 
he  heard  Cloa  tell  anecdotes  of  her  "Uncle  Billy,"  and  he  is  posi- 
tive that  no  one  ever  received  any  impression  from  her  other  than 
that  he  was  brother  of  her  father,  Frederick,  and  father  of 
Clement.  David  Nance,  father  of  the  author,  was  as  intelligent 
as  most  men  of  his  day,  but  he  had  no  idea  as  to  the  name  of  his 
great-grandfather.  He  frequently  mentioned  "Uncle  Billy 
How,"  in  connection  with  some  anecdote.  He  was  under  the 
impression  that  he  was  brother  of  Clement.  Also  that  Clement 
had  another  brother,  David. 

The  author  had  an  abstract  made  of  the  name  Nance,  as  found 
in  the  records  of  Pittsylvania  county  (Exhibit  "I"),  hoping 
therefrom  to  learn  the  parentage  of  our  Clement.  No  light  was 
obtained  on  this  point,  but  other  matter  of  interest  will  appear  at 
the  proper  place.  The  only  time  that  the  name  of  William  How 
Nance  appears,  is  as  a  witness  to  the  signature  to  a  deed.  This 
is  only  valuable  in  that  it  appears  with  five  other  names  of  the 
family,  including  our  Clement  ;  also  showing  how  he  spelled  the 
middle  name  "  How." 

Prof.  C.  W.  Shields,  of  Princeton  University  (twig  of  branch 
one,  limb  four),  has  had  abstracts  made  of  deed  and  will  records 
of  counties  from  tide-water  westward,  seeking  information  on  the 
same  point,  but  to  no  purpose.  While  the  author  has  never  found 
anyone,  besides  William  Mitchell,  who  would  venture  to  name 
the  father  of  our  ancestral  head,  still  quite  a  number  demur  to  the 
thought  that  "  Uncle  Billy  How,"  was  such.  In  the  face  of  all 
these  doubts  and  partial  denials,  and  in  the  absence  of  any  affir- 
mations as  to  any  other  parentage,  the  author  assumes  that 
William  Mitchell  was  correct,  and  that  William  How  Nance  was 
the  father  of  our  ancestral  head,  Clement  Nance. 

The  abstract  of  deeds  mentioned  above  is  an  interesting  docu- 
ment, showing  twenty-five  transfers  to  or  from  Nance.  These 
are  nearly  all  our  known  family,  and  all  are  no  doubt  akin.  Quite 
a  number  of  these  transfers  are  to  or  from  those  who  had  married 
into  the  family  of  our  Clement. 

Our  traditions  agree  with  most  of  the  name  in  America,  viz  : 
That  our  ancestors  were  driven  out  of  France  at  the  time  of  the 
persecution  of  the  Huguenots  ;  that  they  came  to  Wales,  and 
thence  to  America,  settling  at  or  near  Jamestown,  Virginia.  The 
date  of  the  arrival  in  America  is  very  uncertain,  but  must  have 


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been  at  a  very  early  date,  judging  by  the  numerous  number  of 
families  by  the  name  scattered  all  over  the  South  and  West.  The 
date  of  birth  of  Clement,  senior,  is  not  known.  He  is  said  to  have 
died  at  the  age  of  seventy-two,  which  would  place  his  Ijirth  in 
1756.  This  would  make  him  twenty  at  the  birth  of  his  first 
child.  He  was  born  in  Virginia.  He  was  also  married  there  and 
all  his  children  were  born  there. 

The  first  thing  we  can  write  with  confidence  is,  that  he,  with 
his  wife  and  most  of  his  children,  and  their  children,  for  several 
of  them  were  married  in  Virginia  and  had  children  there,  left 
Pittsylvania  county  in  1803,  and  settled  in  Kentucky.  William 
and  Susan  Shaw  had  preceded  the  father,  settling  in  Mercer 
county,  Kentucky,  on  the  Kentucky  river.  Mosias  and  family 
remained  a  couple  of  years  in  Virginia  after  the  father  had 
removed  to  Kentucky. 

A  goodly  number  of  the  name  came  with  Clement  from  \'ir- 
ginia,  settling  in  Kentucky  and  Tennessee.  These  were  brothers, 
sisters,  or  cousins.  They  have  been  lost  to  our  branch  of  the 
family.  No  doubt  they  are  the  ancestors  of  many  of  the  numer- 
ous families  of  the  name  in  those  states  at  the  present  time. 

After  remaining  in  Kentucky  about  eighteen  months,  Clement 
determined  to  press  on  to  Indiana  Territory.  He  constructed  a 
flatboat,  upon  which  he  placed  a  part  of  his  family,  all  the 
women  and  children,  and  all  the  household  effects.  Upon  this 
boat  they  floated  down  the  Kentucky  and  Ohio  rivers,  landing 
just  below  the  present  site  of  New  Albany,  Indiana,  and  on  sec- 
tion 10,  town  3,  range  6.  A  portion  of  the  family  came  over 
land  with  their  cattle  and  horses,  they  being  possessed  of  quite  a 
number  of  cattle,  which,  by  browsing  upon  the  cane-break  and 
wild  grasses  that  grew  abundantly,  kept  fat.  Thus  he  landed  a 
large  family  in  the  wilderness,  without  house  or  even  shelter.  It 
is  said  the  mother  cried  piteously  when  she  found  henself  sur- 
rounded by  a  helpless  family  of  children  brought  to  this  dreary, 
desolate  region,  and  landed  in  a  cold  March  storm  of  sleet  and 
snow,  without  shelter  of  any  kind.  A  three-sided  pole  shanty 
was  soon  erected,  with  open  end  from  the  storm,  and  a  log  heap 
fire  was  soon  cracking  away,  bringing  good  cheer  to  the  cold  and 
wet.  In  this  little  open  camp,  covered  with  only  bark  and  brush, 
the  family  lived  until  a  permanent  cabin  could  be  erected.  They 
did  not  suffer  for  provisions  for  the  cows  gave  milk  and  the  woods 
were  full  of  game.     This  lauding  was  made  on  March  5,  1805. 


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This  was  the  second  family  to  locate  iu  the  present  limits  of 
Floyd  county,  Robert  Lafollette  and  his  new  bride  having  pre- 
ceded them  the  previous  November  4,  1804. 

Clement,  senior,  did  not  take  the  precaution  to  pre-empt  his 
claim  when  he  "squatted"  on  the  same,  for  it  was  almost  an 
unbroken  forest  to  Vinceunes,  where  the  Uuited  States  Land 
Office  was  located,  and  settlers  were  coming  in  so  slowly  that  he 
did  not  fear  his  claim  would  be  "  jumped." 

It  is  claimed,  but  by  how  much  authority  the  author  is  unable 
to  say,  that  one  Joseph  Oatman,  who,  with  his  family,  soon 
followed  the  Nances  into  the  territory,  fell  in  love  with  one  of  the 
Nance  girls,  but  his  suit  displeasing  the  father,  the  visits  to  the 
daughter  ceased.  In  order  to  "get  even"  with  the  father  of  the 
girl,  Oatman  slipped  off  to  Vincennes  and  returned  with  a  receipt, 
calling  for  the  patent  to  the  Nance  claim.  Oatman's  entry  was 
dated  April  28,  1807,  and  called  for  fractional  section  ten,  town 
3,  range  6,  containing  335.60  acres.  The  extreme  northeast  cor- 
ner of  this  tract  is  cut  by  the  stream,  Falling  Run,  leaving  a  few 
feet  only  on  the  east  side  at  the  river's  brink. 

After  losing  this  place,  Clement,  senior,  removed  to  the  western 
part  of  Franklin  township,  two  and  one-half  miles  from  the  pres- 
ent village  of  lyanesville,  where  he  continued  to  reside  to  the  date 
of  his  death,  dying  and  being  buried  on  the  same  farm.  His 
entry  at  the  United  States  Land  Office,  at  Vincennes,  was  dated 
June  25,  1807,  and  called  for  the  northwest  quarter  section  15, 
town.ship  3,  range  5,  160  acres.  This  entry  was  made  in  less  than 
two  months  after  his  former  claim  was  "jumped"  by  Joseph  Oat- 
man. Clement,  senior,  afterwards  entered  the  following  tracts 
adjoining,  viz:  December  23,  1S15,  southwest  quarter  section  9, 
township  3,  range  5,  160  acres.  May  11,  181S,  northeast  quarter 
section  15,  township  3,  range  5,  160  acres;  and  September  24, 
182 1,  west  half  southwest  quarter  section  14,  township  3,  range 
5,  80  acres.  In  all  making  entry  to  5oo  acres.  This  tract  of  land 
is  situated  over  the  "  knobs,"  or  hills  as  many  would  call  them, 
to  the  westward,  and  eight  miles  from  New  Alban3\  The  original 
tract  entered  by  Clement,  senior,  is  the  prettiest  farm  in  all  that 
part  of  the  country.  The  sons  and  grandsons  continued  to  make 
entry  to  the  adjoining  lands  until  the  family  were  the  owners  of 
about  four  sections  of  land. 

FREEING    SIvAVES. 

The  following  article  is  on   record  in   the    Harrison    county 


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records,  having  been  made  before  the  organization  of  Floyd  county 
and  when  it  was  a  part  of  Harrison  county : 

Know  All  Men  Bv  These  Presents,  That  I,  Ckinenl  Nance,  of 
Harrison  county,  Indiana  Territory,  do  this  day  make  the  following  statement 
and  commit  to  record  in  the  clerk's  office  of  said  county,  to-wit : 

In  the  year  1799,  when  I  was  an  inhal)itant  of  Pittsylvania  county, 
\'irginia,  for  and  in  consideration  of  the  sum  of  5200.00  to  me  in  hand  paid 
by  a  certain  negro  man  named  "Will,"  as  a  compensation  to  me  for  the 
ser\-ices  I  was  entitled  to  receive  from  him  as  a  slave,  and  that  I  did  then  and 
there  emancipate  or  set  free  the  said  negro.  Will,  who  has  ever  since  enjoye<l 
the  blessings  of  freedom,  and  the  said  negro  man  is  now  a  resident  in  this 
territory.     I  do  by  these  presents  confirm  and  establish  his  emancipation. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this  loth  day  of  May,  1809. 

[Signed]  Clement  Nance. 
[Before]  Geo.  T.  Pope,  Clerk. 

"Aunt  Fed"  Wolf  (branch  eight,  limb  two)  and  Martha 
Harber  (branch  nine,  limb  seven;  inform  me  that  this  negro  man, 
"  Will,"  and  "Old  Marge,"  when  set  free,  begged  to  come  West 
with  the  family,  that  they  came  and  remained  in  the  family  till 
after  the  death  of  their  old  "master  and  missus,"  and  were  after 
they  became  too  old  to  work,  supported  by  the  family  till 
"Marge"  became  insane  when  she  was  sent  to  the  poorhouse, 
where  she  died.  She  had  a  daughter  named  Mary  and  a  son 
named  Jeff.  Will  and  Marge  were  not  hu.sband  and  wife.  Aunt 
Fed,  also  says,  that  Clement,  senior,  had  a  goodly  number  of  other 
slaves  which  he  freed  and  sent  to  Liberea.  The  author  has  been 
unable  to  verify  this  last  statement.  It  is  probably  true  for  it 
was  common  talk  in  the  family  at  an  early  day. 

Clement  Nance  and  Mary  Jones  were  probably  married  in 
1775.     Their  first  child  was  born  March  22,  1776. 

CHURCH    AFFILIATIONS. 

Clement  is  said  to  have  become  a  Christian  at  the  age  of 
seventeen,  joining  the  Methodists  (which  branches  is  unknown), 
and  soon  began  preaching  for  them  and  so  continued  a  nutn])er  of 
years,  perhaps  until  1790,  in  which  year  he  was  a  Baptist  minister 
as  shown  by  the  following  bond  : 

BOND,    GIVING    RIGHT    TO   CELEBRATE    MARRIAGE. 

Know  All  Men  by  These  Presents,  That  we,  Clement  Nance  an<l 
Joseph  Akin,  of  the  county  of  Pittsylvania,  are  held  au<l  stand  firndy  bound 
unto  Beverlv  Randolph,  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia,  and  his 
successors  in  the  sum  of  five  hundred  pounds  current  money,  to  which  pay- 


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ment  well  and  truly  to  be  made,  we  bind  ourselves  our  joint  and  several 
heirs,  executors  and  admors,  jointly  and  severally  firmly  l^y  these  presents, 
sealed  with  our  seals  and  dated  this  19th  day  of  April,   1790. 

Now  the  condition  of  the  above  obligation  is  such  that  if  the  above 
bounden  Clement  Nance,  who  is  Minister  of  the  Gospel  of  the  society  of 
Christians  called  Baptists,  shall  well  and  truly  celebrate  the  rites  of  marriage 
between  all  persons  applying  to  him  for  that  purpose  agreeable  to  the  acts  of 
assembly  in  that  case  made  and  provided,  then  the  above  obligation  to  be 
void  else  to  remain  in  full  force  and  virtue. 

Clement  Nance  [L.  S.] 
Joseph  Akin  [L.  S.] 
Taken  in  open  court  April  19,  1790. 

There  are  no  records  showing  that  he  married  any  couple  pre- 
vious to  the  fiUng  of  the  above  bond. 

WilHam  Mitchell  says  that  Clement  took  several  trips,  horse- 
back, back  to  his  conference  or  association  in  Virginia.  He  had 
it  from  his  daughters,  Dorothy  and  Elizabeth,  that  on  their  father's 
return  from  his  last  trip,  he  said  to  his  family  and  intimate  friends 
that  he  was  going  to  preach  the  "  New  Truth,"  as  it  was  called 
at  the  time.  They  tried  to  dissuade  him,  telling  him  it  would 
kill  the  church.  He  said,  "  If  the  truth  kills  let  it  die."  They 
said  they  never  saw  so  much  excitement.  Their  father  would 
take  his  Bible  and  read  to  the  people,  showing  them  there  could 
be  no  mistake  ;  that  they  must  believe  the  truth.  So  he 
preached,  and  nearly  all  followed  him  into  the  new  faith.  As 
one  would  seethe  truth,  he  would  shout  out,  saying,  "Brother 
Nance,  we  are  so  glad  you  have  shown  us  the  truth."  This  was 
the  doctrine  as  taught  by  Barton  W.  Stone.  A  little  later,  Alex- 
ander Campbell  became  the  recognized  leader.  It  is  said  that 
Clement  fought  Mr.  Campbell  very  bitterly  at  the  start,  but 
becoming  convinced  of  the  truth  as  taught  by  this  great  restora- 
tionist,  he  embraced  it.  The  remainder  of  his  life  was 
devoted  to  the  promulgation  of  the  "New  Truths,"  as  they  were 
then  called  by  their  friends,  but  "  Campbellism,"  as  called  by 
their  enemies.  Nearly  all  of  his  children  followed  him  into  the 
new  faith.  He  passed  away  a  few  mouths  before  the  Campbells 
and  their  followers  became  a  separate  people. 

Aunt  "  Ped"  Wolf,  says  that  those  of  the  church  who  did  not 
follow  our  ancestral  head  into  the  new  communion,  were  very 
much  embittered  against  him.  They  prepared  a  hymn,  or  para- 
phrased an  old  one,  containing  these  words,  "The  Wolf  Will  Rend 
and  Tear,"  and  sang  the  same,  referring  to  him  as  the  wolf.  It 
was  about  the  same  time  that  Clement  wrote  a  hymn,  and  it  was 


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sung  by  his  followers  very  much  because  of  the  sentiment  so 
suited  to  the  times  and  occasion.  The  author  distinctly  remem- 
bers when  this  hymn  was  sung  at  the  close  of  every  Lord's  Day 
meeting,  all  the  members  passing  all  over  the  house,  shaking 
hands  with  every  one  present.  Many  times  he  has  seen  the 
whole  audience  melted  to  tears  as  this  hymn  was  so  sung.  This 
was  at  Coleta,  Whiteside  county,  Illinois,  and  covered  some  ten 
years  previous  to  i860. 

Clement  is  said  to  have  been  a  voluminous  writer  of  hynuis, 
but  the  following  one  is  the  only  authenticated  one  known  to  the 
author: 

THE    PARTING    HAND. 

My  Christian  friends  in  l)oii(ls  of  love, 
Whose  hearts  the  sweetest  union  prove ; 
Your  friendship's  like  the  strongest  liand, 
Yet  we  must  take  the  parting  hand. 

Your  presence  sweet,  our  union  tlear, 
What  joy  we  feel  together  here; 
And  when  I  see  that  we  must  part, 
You  draw  like  chords  around  my  heart. 

How  sweet  the  hours  have  jjassed  away, 
Since  we  have  met  to  sing  and  pray  ; 
How  loath  are  we  to  leave  the  place. 
Where  Jesus  shows  his  smiling  face. 

O,  could  I  stay  with  friends  so  kind, 
How  would  it  cheer  my  fainting  mind  ; 
But  Pilgrims  in  a  foreign  land , 
We  oft  must  take  the  parting  hand. 

But  since  it  is  God's  holy  will, 
We  must  be  parted  for  a  while; 
In  sweet  submission  all  as  one, 
We'll  say  Our  Fathers  will  1)e  done. 

How  oft  I've  seen  your  flowing  tears, 
And  heard  you  tell  your  hopes  and  fears ; 
Your  hearts  with  love  did  seem  to  flame, 
Which  makes  me  hope  we'll  meet  again. 

Ye  mourning  souls  in  sore  surprise. 
Who  seek  for  mansions  in  the  skies  ; 
Do  tru.st  his  grace,  and  in  that  land. 
We'll  no  more  take  the  parting  hand. 

I  hope  you'll  all  remember  me. 
If  here  no  more  my  face  you  see ; 
An  interest  in  your  prayers  I  crave. 
That  we  may  meet  beyond  the  grave. 


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My  Christian  friends,  both  old  and  young, 
I  trust  you  will  in  Christ  go  on  ; 
Press  on  and  soon  you'll  win  the  prize, 
A  crown  of  glory  in  the  skies. 

A  few  more  days,  or  years  at  most, 
And  we  shall  reach  fair  Canaan's  coast ; 
When,  in  that  Holy,  happy  lanil, 
We'll  take  no  more  the  parting  hand. 

O,  blessed  day  !     (),  glorious  hope  ! 
My  soul  rejoices  at  the  thought ; 
When,  in  that  Holy,  happy  land, 
We'll  take  no  more  the  parting  hand. 

William  Mitchell  well  remembered  his  grandmother,  Cloa,  tell- 
ing how  the  family  would  say  that  "Clem"  would  never  go  into 
the  Revolutionary  army,  that  his  heart  was  so  full  of  preaching 
that  he  would  not  go  where  he  could  not  preach.  That  he  wotild 
preach  every  Sunday  that  he  could  find  any  one  to  listen.  Also 
that  he  never  did  go  into  the  army.  I  will  say  here  that  I  have 
found  no  evidence  that  William  How  Nance  was  ever  in  the 
army.  This  is  bitter  news  to  some  of  us,  for  we  were  anxious  to 
find  evidence  to  admit  us  to  membership  in  the  Sons  and  Daugh- 
ters of  the  Revolution. 

Mary  Jones  was  our  ancestral  mother.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Mosias  Jones,  of  Pittsylvania  county,  Virginia.  (See  Exhibit  "J" 
for  his  will.)  Very  little  is  known  as  to  her  or  her  life.  She  was 
living  at  the  date  of  her  husband's  will  in  1821,  but  had  passed 
away  before  his  death  in  182S. 

A  pleasant  little  story  is  told  of  our  ancestral  mother.  The 
author  will  relate  it,  not  because  there  is  anything  in  it,  but 
because  he  will  be  accused  of  leaving  otit  important  history  if  he 
does  not  ptit  it  in. 

A   PLEASANT   LITTLE    .STORY. 

William  Mitchell  heard  Elder  John  T.  Jones,  of  Jacksonville, 
Illinois,  make  the  following  statement  at  Eureka  :  ' '  Mary  Jones, 
who  was  my  aunt,  was  in  the  presence  of  some  British  officers, 
when  one  of  them  remarked  that  the  Continental  army  was  com- 
posed of  illiterates,  that  even  Washington  could  not  sign  his  own 
name,  or  words  to  that  effect.  She  spoke  up  and  said  :  "Well,ifhe 
cannot  write  his  name,  he  can  make  his  mark,  referring  to  the 
wounded  hand  of  the  olhcer,  said  to  have  been  received  from 
Washington's  sword."     Uncle  Will  reported  this  conversation  on 


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his  arrival  home,  when  Grandma  Benson  (limb  ten),  said  :  "Yes, 
that  is  correct,  and  that  Mary  Jones  was  my  mother."  The 
author  heard  this  story  from  different  branches  of  the  family,  but 
with  variations.  Being  satisfied  that  if  there  was  any  truth  to 
this  story,  that  it  would  be  found  in  history,  he  began  the  search 
for  the  facts.  On  page  137,  "Barnes'  School  History  of  United 
States,"  in  a  foot  note,  after  mentioning  the  battle  at  Cowpens, 
January  17,  1781,  in  which  battle  General  Tarleton  and  his 
British  army  were  badly  whipped,  he  found  the  following: 

Colonel  William  A.  Wasliin.«;ton,  in  a  personal  combat  in  this  hatlle, 
wounded  Tarleton.  Months  afterwards,  the  Brittish  officer,  while  convers- 
ing with  Mrs.  Jones,  a  witty  American  lady,  sneeringly  said,  "that  Colonel 
Washington  is  very  illiterate.  I  am  told  that  he  cannot  write  his  name." 
"Ah,  Colonel,"  she  replied,  "  You  bear  evidence  that  he  can  make  his  mark." 
Tarleton  expressing,  at  another  time,  his  desire  to  see  Colonel  Washington, 
the  lady  replied,  "  Had  you  looked  behind  you  at  Cowpens,  you  might  have 
had  the  pleasure." 

Whether  this  corroberates  the  family  story  the  author  will 
leave  each  reader  to  determine  for  himself.  For  myself  I  can 
not  account  for  this  story  getting  mixed  up  in  our  family  except 
on  the  ground  that  there  is  some  truth  in  it.  More  than  likely, 
this  Mrs.  Jones,  who  made  the  remark,  was  mother  of  our 
ancestral  mother,  Mary  Jones. 

To  return  to  the  public  career  of  our  ancestral  head,  it  is 
claimed  by  some  that  he  was  the  first  preacher  to  .settle  in  the 
Indiana  Territory,  and  to  have  preached  the  first  sermon  ever 
delivered  within  the  present  limits  of  the  state.  This  cannot  be 
verified,  but  it  is  evident  that  he  was  among  the  first,  if  not  the 
first,  to  spread  the  story  of  the  cross. 

Many  of  the  readers  of  this  memorial  will  wonder,  no  doubt, 
what  kind  of  a  man  in  appearance  was  our  ancestral  head,  and 
what  style  of  oratory,  as  a  minister,  did  he  use.  As  to  the  former, 
he  was  tall,  erect,  dignified,  and  imposing.  His  hair  was  a  pure 
white,  the  latter  years  of  his  life.  He  stamped  his  personality, 
as  well  as  his  character,  on  his  progeny.  Cousin  William  Mitchell 
gave  evidence  that  the  photograph  of  the  author,  taken  six  years 
since,  was  an  almost  exact  likeness  of  him.  As  to  his  manner  of 
speech,  he  was  both  rapid  and  fervent ;  marked  characteristics  of 
his  descendants. 

The  following  quotation  gives  some  idea  as  to  his  manner  of 
speech  under  the  heading  of  "Religious  Matters,"  in  "History 
of  the  Ohio  Falls  Counties' '  : 


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The  earliest  religious  teachers  through  this,  Georgetown  township,  were 
unlettered,  though  like  their  hearers  they  were  men  of  natural  force  of 
character,  great  energy,  perseverance,  and  will  force,  as  well  as  great  physi- 
cal powers.  They  were  religious  by  instinct  rather  than  1)y  education,  and 
often  expounded  their  views  with  great  force  and  eloquence,  but  with  lan- 
guage not  entirely  polished.  Clement  Nance  was  among  the  earliest  preachers 
in  this  i^art  of  the  county.  He  has  been  referred  to  in  the  history  of  Frank- 
lin township.  Patrick  Shields'  cabin  which  was  ever  open  for  religious 
meetings,  without  regard  to  denomination,  was  the  first  preaching  place  in 
the  township.  To  this  spacious  cabin  the  settlers  came  from  far  and  near  to 
listen  to  the  fervent  but  unpolished  oratory  of  Clement  Nance;  who  preached 
in  those  very  early  days  the  doctrine  of  a  sect  known  as  the  New  Lights, 
now  very  nearly  extinct. 

AN    INCIDENT. 

Elder  James  Robeson  told  the  foUovvitig  in  substance  to 
William  Mitchell :  Barton  W.  Stone  and  Clement  Nance,  sen- 
ior, were  starting  on  a  preaching  tour  through  the  interior  of  the 
state.  Knowing  that  he  was  contemplating  entering  the  ministry, 
they  invited  him  to  accompany  them.  He  accepted  the  invitation. 
They  started  from  New  Albany,  and  went  as  far  as  Crawfords- 
ville,  where  John  Oatman  (branch  six)  was  living.  On  therettirn 
trip  they  stopped  over  night  at  the  home  of  Clement,  senior.  As 
was  their  custom  wherever  they  stopped  over  night,  they  had 
preaching.  Young  Robeson  told  the  girls,  of  whom  there  were 
several,  not  to  tell  any  one  that  he  was  a  preacher,  but  they  scat- 
tered the  news  far  and  wide.  The  announcement  having  been 
spread,  there  was  a  large  audience  present.  He  was  pressed  into 
service  and  had  to  preach.  This  was  his  first  sermon  and  in  the 
presence  of  Elders  Stone  and  Nance.  Thus,  a  lot  of  fun-provok- 
ing girls  were  the  cause  of  the  launching  forth  of  what  proved  to 
be  along  and  eventful  ministry.  "  Uncle  Jimmy  Robeson,"  as  he 
was  familiary  called,  appears  to  have  kept  in  clo.se  touch  with  the 
Nances  most  of  his  life,  one  son,  James  W.,  marrying  Margaret 
Richardson  (twig  five,  of  branch  two,  limb  ten.)  In  addition  to  his 
preaching  and  farming,  Clement,  senior,  early  established  a  horse- 
mill  run  by  a  sweep,  on  his  farm,  in  which  the  farmers  grists 
were  ground  for  twenty  years.  He  was  ever  considered  one  of 
the  leading  citizens  of  his  county,  holding  several  positions  of 
honor  and  responsibility. 

AS   ASSOCIATE   JUDGE. 

Upon  the  examination  of  the  criminal  docket  of  the  Circuit 
Court  of  Floyd  county,   made  September  9,    1901,   the  author 


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learned  that  Clement  Nance,  senior,  was  Associate  Judge  from 
May,  1819,  to  June  1825,  six  years.  He  presumes  the  most 
important  and  noted  case  during  those  years  was  the  trial  of  John 
Dahman  for  the  murder  of  Frederick  Notte.  T^ooking  this  matter 
up  he  made  the  following  copies  from  the  docket: 

May  17,  1 82 1.  John  Dahiiian  presented  for  the  inunler  of  Fred.  Notte. 
Jury  empanneled.  Some  testimony  taken.  Adjourned  to  next  dav.  May 
18,  1821.  Some  testimony  heard.  Arguments  made  and  j^iven  to  jury. 
May  19,  1S21.     Saturday  morning,  the  court  met  pursuant  to  adjournment. 

i  Hon.  Davis  Fr.oYi), 
Present -j  Clemknt  Nanck.  Senior, 
(  Seth  Woodruee, 

Associates. 

Jury  returned  verdict,  "guilt}."  Moved  for  new  trial.  Motion  over- 
ruled. The  sheriff  was  instructed  to  return  the  prisoner  to  the  comity  goal, 
there  to  remain  till  July  6,  1821,  between  the  hours  of  twelve  and  four 
o'clock,  when  he  is  to  be  hanged  by  the  neck  till  he  be  dead— dead — dead. 

Aunt  "Fed"  informs  the  author  that  this  sentence  was  pro- 
nounced by  Clement  Nance,  senior,  and  that  when  the  judge  said, 
"To  be  hanged  by  the  neck  till  he  be  dead — dead — dead,"  that 
Dahman  spoke  up  and  said,  "and  damned."  Then  the  Judge 
added,  "And  may  God  have  mercy  on  your  soul,"  when  Dahman 
replied,  "and  the  devil  too." 

The  author  has  been  the  more  particular  in  giving  this  quo- 
tation from  the  docket  because  the  "History  of  the  Ohio  Falls 
Counties,"  gives  the  credit  of  this  judgeship  to  Clement  Nance, 
junior,  a  son  of  Clement,  senior.  Aunt  Fed  called  his  attention 
to  this  error  in  the  history,  saying  she  was  certain  her  father  had 
told  the  children  too  many  times  about  this  murder  trial,  for  her 
to  forget  who  was  the  judge  at  the  time. 

Our  ancestral  head  left  the  following  will,  which  is  given  here 
because  of  the  beautiful,  trusting  faith  exhibited.  Truly,  it  is 
characteristic  of  the  man: 

LAST   WILL   AND   TESTAMENT   OF   CLEMENT   NANCE,   SENIOR. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen: 

I,  Clement  Nance,  of  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  being  weak  in  body  Init  of 
perfect  mind  and  memory,  being  a.ssured  that  it  is  appointed  unto  men  once 
to  die,  and  knowing  that  the  time  of  my  exit  is  drawing  near,  do  make  and 
ordain  the  following  instrument  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament,  that  is  to 
say,  I  resign  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God  from  whom  I  received 
it,  and  in  whom  I  have  believed  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord  and  Saviour, 
and  my  body  to  the  dust  from  which  it  w^as  taken,  with  a  sure  and  certain 
hope  of  the  resurrection  at  the  last  day  to  eternal  life,  Amen.    And,  respecting 


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those  worldly  goods  the  Lord  has  entrusted  me  with,  I  have  disposed  of  some 
part,  and  do  dispose  of  the  1)alance  I  have  in  my  hands  in  the  manner  and 
form  following,  to-wit : 

First,  I  give  unto  my  ])eloved  wife,  Mary  Nance,  one  featherbed  and  fur- 
niture, together  with  such  other  household  furniture  as  she  shall  choose,  and 
the  Dearborn  wagon  and  harness  to  be  possessed  by  her  during  her  natural 
life,  and  then  return.  Moreover,  it  is  my  desire  and  will  that  my  farm  and 
horse-mill  shall  be  leased  out  for  the  best  price  from  year  to  year,  the  net 
proceeds  to  go  to  the  support  of  my  wife  during  her  lifq.  Should  there  be  a 
sur])lus  over  her  support  it  is  also  to  return  to  the  estate.  All  property  that 
is  not  herein  mentioned  that  is  subject  to  waste  to  be  sold  to  the  highest  bid- 
der.    All  just  debts  to  be  paid. 

As  soon  as  |;48o.oo  can  be  collected,  let  |;4oo.oo  be  equally  divided 
between  Dorothy  Burton,  Mary  Shields,  Nancy  Oatman,  Jane  Jordan,  and 
Elizabeth  Long,  or  their  legal  representatives  ;  the  other  fSo.oo  to  be  equally 
divided  and  paid  over  to  Mary  Branham,  Louisa  Shaw,  and  James  Shaw,  or 
their  legal  representatives.  It  is  to  be  understood  that  that  ]Kirt  of  my 
estate  descending  to  I^ouisa  Shaw  is  to  hs  retained  in  the  hands  of  the 
executors  and  shall  he  paid  over  to  her  or  her  legal  representatives,  as  she  or 
the}^  may  severally  need. 

It  is  further,  to  be  understood,  that  the  balance  of  my  estate,  real  and 
personal,  at  the  decease  of  my  wife,  shall  be  sold,  and  the  proceeds  thereof 
equallv  divided  among  all  my  children  or  their  legal  representatives  ;  and  it 
is  further  my  will  that  Permelia  Jones  Richardson  is  to  have  f4o.oo  out  of 
that  part  descending  to  my  daughter,  Jane  Jordon. 

Morever,  I  do  by  these  presents,  constitute  and  ordain  my  three  oldest 
sons,  Mosias  Nance,  William  Nance,  and  Clement  Nance,  executors  of  this 
my  last  will  and  testament. 

[Signed]  C1.EMENT  Nance. 

WILLIAM  WRIGHT,  |  ^yitnesses,  Julv  28,  1821. 
John  Smith,  i  ■  j     .-       - 

HKNRY  B.  Shields,  ].  g^^.^ties.  Bond  |i,5oo. 
William  Wright,    )  '  *  '^ 

This  will  was  probated  August  14,  1828. 

In  September,  1903,  the  author  returned  to  New  Albany  for 
the  second  time  for  a  further  examination  of  deed,  marriage,  and 
tombstone  records,  looking  for  matters  of  interest  to  the  family. 
In  the  matter  of  marriages,  he  gained  many  dates  that  will  make 
the  work  more  nearly  perfect.  These  dates  will  appear  through- 
out the  work  but  they  will  not  show  to  the  reader  the  time, 
patience,  and  labor  they  have  cost. 

Knowing  that  every  item  referring  to  our  ancestral  head  would 
be  hailed  with  delight  by  the  family,  when  so  little  is  known,  he 
was  careful  not  to  let  anything  .slip  him.  In  looking  over  the 
papers  filed  in  settlement  of  the  estate,  he  found  a  sale  notice, 
which  follows: 


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21 


executors'  sale. 

Notice  is  hereby  given,  that  on  the  second  Thursday  of  I'ebruary  next, 
the  tract  of  land,  with  the  appertenances,  containing  a  horse-mill,  etc.,  late 
the  property  of  Clement  Nance,  deceased,  lying  about  eight  miles  from  New 
Albany,  on  the  road  leading  to  Corydon,  will  be  sold  at  public  auction  to  the 
highest  bidder,  on  the  premises. 

Tenns  :  Four  years  credit,  one  fourth  ])aid  annually,  the  purchaser  giv- 
ing bond  with  personal  security,  and  a  mortgage  upon  the  premises. 

MosiAS  Naxcp;, 
\Vm.  Nanck, 
Clement  Nance, 
Executors  of  Clement  Nance,  deceased. 
Nanceville,  December  6,  1828. 

This  showed  him  that  our  ancestor  had  a  postoffice  named 
for  him.  Looking  a  little  further,  he  came  across  the  following 
paper,  which  showed  him  that  he  was  a  postmaster: 

GENERAL   POSTOFFICE. 

Washington  City,  April  j,  1829. 
No.  481. — $13.57  not  negotiable. 

Sirs  : — At  sight  pay  to  Emerson  &  McClure  or  order,  thirteen  dollars 
and  fifty-seven  cents,  and  charge  to  account  of  this  office. 

Assistant  Postmastkr  Gi';ni-;kal. 
To    representatives    of    Clement    Nance,    Esquire,    late   postmaster  at 
Nanceville,  Indiana. 

In  talking  these  matters  over  with  the  older  members  of  the 
family  about  New  Albany,  the  author  learned  that  they  were 
aware  of  the  existauce  of  the  postoffice  at  Nanceville,  saying  it 
was  kept  in  the  home  of  the  postmaster.  They  think  its  first 
postmaster  never  a  successor,  but  that  the  office  was  closed  after 
the  death  of  our  ancestor. 

James  W.  Shaw  (branch  one,  of  limb  three)  was  purchaser  of 
the  land  at  the  above  sale,  the  price  named  being  $1,200. 

The  farm  has  been  in  the  possession  of  the  family  nearly  all 
the  time,  and  today  is  owned  and  occupied  by  Arthur  Hosier,  of 
limb  eight. 

The  house  is  a  one  and  a  half  story  log  house,  now  nearly  one 
hundred  years  old.  It  is  now  plastered  and  papered  on  the 
inside  and  sided  and  painted  on  the  outside.  A  commodious  "  L  " 
is  built  to  the  west.  The  whole  house  is  modern  in  appearance 
and  larger  than  most  farm  houses.  The  old  spring  house  is  still 
standing,  but  very  little  water  was  visible.  The  farm  is  one  of 
the  best  in  the  community. 


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A   REVERIE. 

I  am  writing  this  on  the  old  farm  of  my  grandfather,  Mosias,  under  the 
shade  of  a  wide  spreading  tree  that  he,  no  dou1)t  reposed  under  long  before 
I  was  born.  My  father  must  have  played  vmder  the  same  protecting  branches 
in  his  youthful  days.  The  place  of  my  father's  birth  is  near  by,  and  I,  too, 
saw  light  near  the  same  spot.  The  remains  of  my  grandparents  repose  on 
the  brow  of  the  hill  just  back  of  the  old  home.  All  three  places  are  in  plain 
sight  and  but  a  few  rods  ajjart.  The  farm  and  graves  of  my  great-graiul- 
parents,  adjoins  on  the  south,  just  over  the  hill,  sloping  southward.  The 
farm  and  red  brick  house  of  "  Uncle  Billy,"  lies  across  the  little  stream  to 
the  westward,  in  plain  sight.  The  house  is  fast  returning  to  earth  from 
which  it  was  taken  three-quarters  of  a  century  since.  It  is  now  only  used 
for  the  shelter  of  sheep.  To  the  south  of  Uncle  Bill}-,  lies  the  farm  of  "Uncle 
Clem."  It  is  only  partly  visible.  The  substantial  brick  residence,  built  in 
1820,  stands  behind  the  hill.  It  is  in  excellent  repair  and  withal  a  seemingly 
modern,  commodious  country  residence.  To  the  south  of  my  resting  place, 
but  to  the  east  of  Clement,  senior,  lies  the  farm  of  "Uncle  Giles,"  wholly 
hidden  by  a  clump  of  timber.  On  every  hand  stands  the  tallest  timber  I 
have  ever  l)eheld.  It  is  nearly  one  hundred  years  since  those  old  worthies 
began  cutting  away  the  immense  forests  to  make  them  a  home  and  a  farm. 
To  an  Illinoisan  this  white  soil  seems  absolutely  worthless.  But  the  evi- 
dence is  before  me  that  fairly  good  crops  grow  from  these  seeming  ash  heaps, 
owing  mostly  to  the  liberal  use  of  "  bone  meal." 

Not  far  away  is  the  site  of  the  old  school  house  where  our  parents  used 
to  spend  from  daylight  to  dark,  six  days  of  the  week  for  three  months  of  the 
year,  learning  to  "read,  write,  and  cipher."  Their  only  reader  and  speller 
was  the  New  Testament.  I  wonder  how  much  of  the  sturdy  manhood  and 
womanhood  of  our  parents  is  due  to  the  study  of  this  ' '  Book  of  Books  ? ' ' 
"As  the  twig  is  bent,  the  tree's  inclined." 

I  have  been  wandering  at  will  over  these  fieldsof  hill  and  vale,  thinking, 
thinking,  thinking.  I  am  hot.  I  am  tired.  I  am  resting.  I  am  thinking 
of  the  luscious  sweet  pears  on  the  tall  and  symmetrical  tree,  standing  in  the 
yard  of  the  old  home  of  our  ancestral  head,  said  to  have  been  planted  by  his 
own  hands  from  seed  brought  from  his  Virginia  home.  (Note. — On  telling 
of  this  tree  and  its  fruit  to  Mrs.  Martha  Nance  Harber,  on  my  arrival  home, 
she  remembered  both  distinctly,  describing  both  to  me,  although  she  had 
been  from  there  for  fifty-two  j-ears. ) 

I  am  hungr}'.  I  must  seek  Cousin  Lon's  and  eat  some  more  peaches. 
They  will  taste  better  than  these  deceptive  persimmons  I  picked  up  on  the 
farm  of  "  Uncle  Billy." 

The  Author. 

Clement  Nance,  senior,  passed  to  his  reward  in  July  or  the 
first  days  of  August,  1828,  judging  from  the  fact  that  his  will  went 
to  probate  August  14  of  that  year,  being  seventy-two  years  of  age. 
He  died  of  bloody  flux,  which  complaint  was  quite  fatal  that  year. 
He  was  buried  in  the  orchard  on  the  farm  on  which  he  had  lived 
since  making  entry  June  25,  1807.    In  September,  1901,  the  author 


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visited  this  farm.  There  is  not  a  tree  of  the  orchard  standing. 
It  is  now  a  field.  Even  the  graves  are  obliterated.  Cousin 
Adeline  Mosier  pointed  out  the  location  of  the  city  of  the  dead, 
from  her  memory,  to  the  author,  and  he  has  no  doubt  but  she  was 
correct,  for  the  more  rank  stubble  and  weeds  indicated  less  worn 
soil.  There  is  nothing  to  mark  the  resting  place  of  this  man 
of  God. 

Rest  in  peace  thou  noble  sire, 

No  costly  shaft  nor  funeral  pyre 

Shall  mark  thy  resting  place; 

But  in  the  city  of  thy  God, 

There,  thou  hast  found  a  sweet  abode. 

Thy  spirit  dwelleth  there. 

A  word  as  to  the  twelve  children,  or  limbs,  of  Clement  and  Mary 
Jones  Nance.  Dorothy  lived,  died  and  was  buried  at  Rockville, 
Indiana.  Mosias  lived  and  was  buried  on  his  home  adjoining 
that  of  his  father.  Susan  was  the  first  to  pass  away,  dying 
between  1811  and  182 1.  She  lived  near  the  old  home  and  must 
have  been  buried  in  the  vicinity,  but  the  author  has  been  unable 
to  locate  the  sight  of  the  grave.  Mary  lived  in  New  Albany,  and 
her  remains  are  buried  there.  William  spent  most  of  his  days 
near  the  old  home,  but  died  at  Columbus,  Illinois,  and  is  buried 
there.  -  Nancy  spent  the  last  fifteen  years  of  her  life  in  Texas, 
dying  there  in  1864.  Clement,  like  his  brother,  William,  spent 
most  of  his  days  near  the  old  home,  but  the  last  year  was  spent 
at  Columbus,  where  his  body  lies.  These  brothers  are  the  only 
two  of  the  family  whose  dust  mingles  in  the  same  cemetery.  Jane 
spent  her  days  near  the  old  home,  and  is  buried  in  the  Old  Salem 
church  yard.  John  Wesley  was  the  second  to  go,  dying  almost 
in  youth,  September,  1821,  and  is  no  doubt  buried  near  the  old 
home  where  he  lived  and  died,  but  his  grave  is  unknown  to  the 
author.  Elizabeth  out  lived  all  her  brothers  and  sisters,  living 
and  dying  at  Eureka,  Illinois.  She  passed  away  in  1872,  and  is 
buried  at  Mt.  Zion  cemetery.  James  spent  his  days  near  the  old 
home.  He  lived,  died,  and  is  buried  at  Laconia,  Harrison  county. 
Giles,   the  youngest,   died  among  strangers,   in  Missouri,  and  is 

buried  there. 

The  church  affiliations  of  Susan  and  John  Wesley  are  not 
known.  Mosias  was  a  life  long  member  of  the  "Old  Christian 
Order,"  sometimes  called  "New  Lights."  Mary  was  a  Presby- 
terian! James  was  a  Methodist.  The  other  seven  were  members 
of  the  Christian  church. 


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PICTURE. 

A  family,  born  and  reared  under  the  same  roof  tree 

Brothers  and  sisters  loving,  and  each  as  dear  can  be, 

Playing  together,  growing,  climbing  the  hill  of  life; 

Reaching  the  top,  this  family  tree  begins  to  sway,  its  leaves  to  fall, 

Each  child  a  new  path  chooses ;  change  for  all. 

From  down  the  hill,  in  the  doorway,  stands  father,  mother  with 

eyes  upturned, 
Noting  the  paths  the  children  take, 
And  anxiously  loving,  for  love's  own  sake. 

New  ties  are  formed  and  cares  and  years  intervene, 

They're  separate,  scattered,  though  the  love  holds  on, 

And  sad  it  is  that  they  should  be 

So  far  apart,  that  each  the  other  seldom  see. 

And  thus  the  years  go  on,  till  some  the  lease  of- life  do  slip  ; 

Their  dust  is  lain,  each  in  its  chosen  resting  place, 

So  distant  e'en  the  priv'lege  of  viewing  is  denied. 

But  all  of  this  is  naught.     In  God's  own  time, 

One  family  they  meet,  under  their  own  roof  tree,  sublime; 

As  travelers  from  distant  lands,  and  sailors  coming  into  port, 

They  meet.     In  joy  they  greet,  and  talk  the  vears  agone. 

When  distance  lay  between,  but  now  no  more  apart, 

The  sad  word  separation  never  heard 

And  death  is  named,  but  as  the  gate  of  life, 

The  partings  and  the  pain,  forever  gone, 

Their  heaven  reached — once  more  at  home. 

Joanna  Shields  Warren. 
January  27,  1904. 

Table  showing  the  number  of  descendants  of  our  ancestral 
head,  by  generations : 


Trunk 


Clement  Nance 

Senior 

wife 

Mary  Jones 


Limbs 


Dorothy  Bnrton 1 

Mosias  Nance 2 

Susan  Shaw 3 

Mary  Sliields 4 

William   Nance 5 

Nancy  May  Oatman 6 

Clement  Nance,  Jr. 
Tqiip  '  Kichardson  I 
J'^'"^  I  Jordon  \ 

John  Wesley 9 

I  Richardson 


Elizabeth  • 


Walden 


10 


I  Benson 

James  R.  Nance 11 

Giles  Nance 12 


12 


Add  Those  Married  into  Family. 


Branches 

Twigs 

Buds 

Blossoms 

14 

91 

208 

185 

9 

56 

141 

148 

3 

10 

11 

12 

8 

23 

91 

98 

10 

60 

112 

39 

16 

77  " 

183 

95 

10 

42 

69 

48 

3 

8 

20 

21 

•J 

7 

11 

8 

'u 

148 

84 

8 

19 

36 

3 

8 

34 

7") 

25 

99 

484 

nor. 

758 

Grand  Total 


Fruits 


29 
3 


32 


Totals 


.528 
358 
37 
221 
222- 
372 
170 

53 

21 

298 

67 
143 


2490 


864 


3354 


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CHAPTER 


Dorothy  Burton — Limb  One. 

Dorothy  Nance,  the  first  born  of  Clement  and  Mary  Jones 
Nance,  was  born  in  Virginia,  March  22,  1776.  She  was  married 
to  Joseph  Burton,  in  Virginia,  and  some  of  their  children  were 
born  there.  They  appear  to  have  come  to  Indiana  with  her 
father's  family,  arriving  March  5,  1S05.  About  1818  they  moved 
to  Vigo  county,  and  a  few  years  later  to  Parke  county,  same 
state,  and  settled  near  Rockville,  where  they  continued  to  reside 
during  life.  The  husband  died  December  19,  1836.  Mother 
Burton  continued  to  reside  with  her  sons,  Clement  and  Joseph, 
until  she  fell  asleep  in  Jesus,  February  11,  1850.  She  became  a 
Christian  rather  late  in  life,  joining  the  Christian  church,  v^hc 
was  ever  after  very  devoted  to  her  church.  She  was  a  great 
reader  of  her  Bible,  and  good  conversationalist,  a  good  woman, 
kind  and  tenderhearted,  always  doing  good.  A  niece  writes  of 
her:  "  She  had  a  sweet,  soft  voice;  was  a  good  and  kind  old 
grandmother  to  us  all."  When  sixty,  she  rode  horse-back  from 
Indiana  to  Woodford  county,  Illinois,  to  visit  her  sister,  Kli/.abeth. 
She  was  the  mother  of  fourteen  children,  two  dying  in  infancy. 
The  others  are  named  as  follows  as  branches  : 

Clement,  Nancy, 

Charles,  Lucretia, 

Preston  (died  young),  William  (died  young), 

Elizabeth,  Josephus, 

Thomas,  Mary, 

James  R.,  Wiley  C. 

Clement  Burton — Branch  One. 

Clement  Burton  was  born  in  Virginia,  August  5,  1795.  Was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Ann  T.  Merriweather,  in  Louisville, 
Kentucky.  He  is  said  to  have  opened  the  first  grocery  store  ever 
in  New  Albany.     He  became  a  member  of  the  Christian  church 


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early  in  life  and  was  always  a 
faithful  Christian.  He  was  a 
deacon  in  the  church  for  many 
years.  Moving  from  Rockville 
to  Fountain  Creek,  same  state, 
he  found  no  church  of  his  choice 
but  was  instrumental  in  having 
one  started  soon.  The  same  was 
true  when  he  moved  to  Iowa, 
which  was  in  1853.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  dying  on 
his  farm  near  Clarksville,  Iowa, 
March  16,  1864.  He  was  the 
father  of  fourteen  children,  twelve 
by  his  first  wife  and  two  by  his 
second  wife,  Miss  Rachel  Taylor. 
Those  growing  to  maturity  are 

named  below  as  twigs.     He  is  said  to  have  been  a  man  without 

fault,  loved  and  honored  by  all  who  knew  him. 


CLEMENT    BURTON 
Branch  One. 


TWIGS. 


William  K.,  w..  d. 
Martha  Morris... 


Kucinda  C,  h.,  d. 
Wni.  Bradbury. . 


James  M.,  w.,  1829-1870 
Mary  Jane  Guy 


BUDS. 


Sarah  C.  h. 
Ros.s  Kldon  Witt,  .. 
Clark.sville,  Iowa. 


Lsabelle,  h.,  d. 
Town.send. 

Clement  N.. 
KlReno,  Oklahoma. 

Melviiia.  h. 

Kinney, 

Monroe,  Oregon. 

Frank. 
Albert  R., 
L,afayette,  Indiana. 

Nancy  A.,  h.,  1851. 
George  Nickel, 
Hartford,  Kansas. 

John  M.,  18:«-1879. 
Sarah  Ellen,  18.54-1876. 

Wm.  H.  H.,  w.,  1857 

Josie  Moxley 

Burlingame,  Kansas. 


BI^OSSOMS. 
Frank  I^.,  w. 

Vashti  Griggs 

Shell  Rock,  la.       (  Fred  B 


FRUIT. 

f  Charles  E. 


Mamie  E,  h.  f  Royston  E. 

Edw.  R.  Waugh...    |    Richard  A. 
Blairstovvn,   Mo.    j   John  H. 
[  Neal  D. 

Adalaide,  h.  (  Mark  E. 

R.  H.  Waugh J 

Clarksville,  Iowa    (  Sarah  E. 


Edgar  I,.,  187 
William  J. 
Henry  Guy. 
Constance  C. 
John  M. 
Edna  Alice. 
Richard. 


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CLEMENT  BURTON— Continued. 


TWIGS. 


James  M.,  w.,  1829-1870 
Mary  Jane  Guy 


BUDS. 

Thaiiey  Ami,  h. 

Keuheii  Ray 

Clarksvilie,  Iowa. 


Kmina  Alice,  h.,  d. 
Poi.sal . 

Phehe  I<ora,  h. 

Brown, 

Ottawa,  Kan.sas. 

Dorothy  Jane,  li.,  1,S()7 

Dr.  Morgan  Tulles 

I^ong  Heach,  Cal. 


BI^OSSOMS. 
Frank,  w. 
Mable  Shadbolt. 

Oakley. 
Gladys. 
George. 


K KIT  IT. 


Dorotliy  Jane,  h. 

Dr.  Mosier,  d 

Homer,  Illinois. 


II.  T.   Uickey  N. 


No  i.ssue. 

Carrie,  h.,  d. 

A.  I,.  VanHosen. 


I,ucretia  C.  h. 

Kobt.  T.  Crowel 

Spirit  I^ake,  Iowa. 


Mary,  h. 
K.  W.  Virden, 
Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 

James  W. 
John  M. 


I    Irene  Allen. 
(  Altha  Pearle. 


I    Robert. 
(  lyouis. 


Klla,  h. 


West, 


Spirit  l<ake,  Iowa. 

William. 

Knima,  h., 
Cieorge  K.  Arp, 
Okoboji,  Iowa. 


Rachel  I,.,  h. 

Wm.   Poi.sal J  John  Moore 

Troy  Mills,  Iowa.  (      Troy  Mills,  Iowa. 


f  Cora  A.,  h. 


(   Minnie,  h. 
-'   Frank  Uennen, 
(      Sandusky,   Oliio. 


George  H. 


I 


Killed  in  battle,  1864. 


Joseph  Clement,  w [  ^?J^^\^^- ■„ 

■'       '  '  Clarksvill 


e,  Iowa. 


Mary  K.,  h. 

I<.  F".  Champlin 

I^ittle  Vallev,  N.  Y. 


(  H.  F".  i,.  B.  Champlin. 
,(      Randolph,  New  York. 


James  M,  Burton,  twig,  and  family,  left  Warren  county, 
Indiana,  in  1866,  and  moved  to  Bates  county,  Missouri,  and  pur- 
chased a  farm  on  which  the  family  continued  to  reside  until  the 
death  of  the  parents.  The  father  died  in  1870,  and  the  mother 
in  1872.  In  1874,  the  children  moved  in  wagons  to  Osage 
county,  Kansas,  where  they  continue  to  farm. 

William  H.  H.  Burton,  bud,  married  in  1876.  He  is  the 
father  of  ten  children.     Three  have  passed  to  the  "  land  beyond. " 

Kdgar  L,.,  blossom,  is  a  dentist  at  Osage  City,  Kansas. 

William  J.,  is  in  Kansas  City.  The  rest  of  the  children  are 
at  home. 

Dorothy  Jane  and  Dr.  Mosier,  twigs  above,  have  resided  many 
years  at  Homer,  Illinois.     The  doctor  has  been  dead  a  number  of 


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years,  leaving  a  cousin  large  property  to  care  for.  She  has 
helped  the  author  all  in  her  power,  sending  her  father's  picture 
for  plate. 

Nancy  Burton — Branch  Two. 

Nancy  Burton  was  born  in  Virginia,  March  14,  1798. 

James  Mitchell  was  born  in  Virginia,  the  son  of  William 
Mitchell  and  Cloa  Nance.  (Cloa  Nance  and  Clement  Nance, 
senior,  were  first  cousins.)  They  were  married  October  12,  1S16, 
Clement  Nance,  "minister  of  the  gospel,"  performing  the  cere- 
mon3\  This  was  in  Floyd  county.  They  moved  to  Vigo  county 
in  1818,  and  to  Parke  county  in  1826.  They  removed  to  Wood- 
ford county,  Illinois,  in  1833,  settling  at  Walnut  Grove, 

They  became  Christians  in  Parke  county,  joining  the  Christ- 
ian church,  Elder  John  Oatman  baptising  them.  They  continued 
to  reside  in  and  about  Eureka  the  remainder  of  their  lives,  the 
wife  dying  last,  on  March  18,  1874.  "She  was  a  great  home 
body.  Her  home  was  her  castle  and  she  was  the  queen.  The 
golden  rule  governed  her  actions."  She  was  the  mother  of  ten 
children,  those  growing  to  maturity  being  named  below  as  twigs: 


TWIGS. 


William,  vv.,  1817-1903 
Susan  I^ong,  1820-1888  . . 


Josephus,  w.,  1819-1888 
Sarah  Blount,  d.,  1897. 


BUDS. 

Nancy  Jane,  h. 
Thomas  Bullock. 
Toledo,  Ohio. 


Henrietta,  h. 

H.  M.  Keynold-s 

Wa.shiugtou,  Illinoi.s. 


Amanda  H.,  h. 

F.  E.  Jenning.s 

Truman,  iiinne.sota. 


Henry  Clay,  w.,  d. 
Mary  McKeever. . . 


2nd  w. 


Janie.s  Ira,  1849-1860. 


Kmma,  h. 

Charles  West 

Eureka,  Illinoi.s. 


BIvOSSOMS.  P'RUIT. 

C.  Edwin,  w.  ( 

L,eona  Kingsbury  d  -    Blanche. 

Minnie,  h. 
Herb.  Vanbibber. 

William  H.,  w. 
Nancy  Patton, 
Monmouth,  111. 

Mae.     At  home. 


'  William  J.,  \v. 
I<ydia  Hviston 

j    Harvey. 

I    Minnie  Belle. 

I  Charles  J. 

f  Leona.  h. 

I    Cscar  Jewett. 

Nellie. 


f  Sadie,  h..  1872 
Nath'l  Drake. 


j   Cyrus  F.  H. 
(  Freddie,  d. 


IvOrrence. 


Nellie,  h.,  1874 

M.  Frederick [   Denver  D. 

Washington,   111.    <- 

Archie,  1877. 

Almon,  w.,  1880 

Alice  Norris j   Richard   C. 

Mayme,  h.,  1882 
Mark  A.  Hutson. 

i    Frank,  1894. 


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NANCY  BU RTON-MlTCHEUv— Continued. 


TWIG.S. 

Elizabeth,  h.,  1821-1857 
Robt.  C.  Nance,  d 


2ml  h.  J.  E.  Crayton,  d.. 


BUDvS.  HI.OSvSOMS. 

Mary,  h.  (  William. 

William   Fox )    Alphonzo. 

1    Walter. 

Robt.C.  I^o.st  in  civil  war 

Frank,  w. 


John. 


Eniely,  h. 
Thos.  J.  (iarton 


Florence  Blockson 


Lorena,  h. 
W.  W.  Barnes. 


Amanda,  h. 
Warren  Kncker  . 


Genevra,  h. 
Frank   Egbert. 


Cenetta,  h. 
Clarence  Gould. 


'  Forest  H.,  w. 
Hattie  Driella. 


Frederick  N.,  w.,  b.  1824 
Martha  E.  Heath,  d 


Ja.s.  Pleasant,  vv.,  b   1830 

Alice  Harris 

Sidney,  Illinois. 


F'rank  P.,  w. 
May  Sullivan. 


Harvey  H.,  w. 
I    Florence  Bensmith. 


f  Harvey 


Allerton, 

May. 
F'lossie. 


1881 
Illinois. 


Harvey,  w. 

Minnie  Ayers 

Finreka"  Illinois. 


Marv  Ann,  h.,  b.  1883 
Wm'  S.  Hulloc 


ck.;.. ::....  ^  j?ii»m 


Secor,  Illinois. 


Emma  Blanchard. 
F.lPaso,  Illinois. 


Clara,  h. 
Thos.  Spencer. 


Eliza  Jane,  h. 
John  F'oster. . 


1837-1871. 


Charles  O.,  1826-1840. 
John  O.,  1828-185.-). 
Amanda,  1839-1848. 


Geneva,  h. 

Wm.  H.  Smith 

Metamora,  Illinois. 


Neatv,  h. 

G.  W.  Sparks. 

Harly. 

Mary,  h. 

H.  f;.  Nel.son. 

Ray. 

Nora. 

F^van. 

Maurice. 

Genevra. 

F;mma  J. 

Ida. 

Julia. 

Orla. 

Charles. 
Lnln. 
Orville. 
Tracy  B. 

Mable. 
Jay- 
Bessie. 
t  Lruther  E. 

[  Edna. 

(   Lnhi. 
I    Helen. 

(  Charles. 
<   Millard  S. 
(,  T.  Paul. 


Oakley. 

FUhel. 

Hazel. 

Norma. 

Clara. 

Floyd  E.,  w. 
Maud  Iv.  Shepard 

Vida  Blanche 
Harold. 
I„ola  C. 
Chas.  W. 

Ray,  w. 
Jennie  Pettitt. 

:Marv. 
John  W.,  d. 
Harvey. 

r  l,ea  M. 

!   Charles. 

1    Glenn. 

t  Clara  FJliiora. 


FRUIT. 


(  Floyd  S. 

-'   l.ois. 
(  Walker. 

C  I.ena. 
■    Samuel. 
i  Eva. 


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The  Nance  Memorial. 


William  Mitchell,  twig  above,  was  born  in  Floyd  county, 
Indiana,  July  31,  1817.  When  an  infant  the  family  moved  to 
Vigo  county,  same  state.  Eight  years  later  they  removed  to 
Parke  county,  same  state.  In  1833  the  family  came  to  Walnut 
Grove,  now  Eureka,  Illinois.  Young  William  was  then  sixteen 
years  of  age.  While  there  are  five  living  limbs,  and  he  but  a 
twig,  yet  he  has  been  the  oldest  living  descendant  of  our  ances- 


WILLIAM    MITCHEIX 
Twig  above. 

tral  head  for  many  years.  "  Uncle  Will,"  as  he  has  been  famil- 
iarly called  for  a  generation,  by  nearly  all,  had  Nance  blood  that 
none  of  the  rest  of  us  have.  He  was  a  grandson,  on  his  father's 
side,  to  Cloa  Nance  Mitchell.  She  was  first  cousin  to  Clement 
Nance,  our  ancestral  head.  Thus  he  had  a  double  portion  of 
Nance  blood. 

He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Susan  Eoug,  March  29,  1837. 


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Eureka  and  Mt.  Zion,  near  by,  have  been  his  home  for  seventy 
years.  Farming  has  been  his  occupation.  In  the  early  winter 
of  1835,  he  and  James  Oatman  drove  335  hogs  to  Dundee  for 
Thomas  Devvees,  from  Wahiut  Grove.  The  distance  was  about 
150  miles.  This  was  no  small  ta.sk  at  the  time,  with  no  roads  or 
bridges,  and  but  few  settlers  on  the  way.  Before  reaching  their 
destination,  some  forty  miles  northwest  from  Chicago,  a  deep 
snow  fell  which  prevented  the  hogs  traveling.  They,  therefore, 
butchered  the  hogs  and  sold  the  pork  to  the  .settlers  who  came 
from  all  directions,  including  Chicago,  to  lay  in  their  year's  meat. 
These  drovers  spent  the  greater  part  of  the  winter  chopping  for 
Joseph  Oatman,  and  then  returned  on  foot  to  Walnut  Grove, 
bringing  the  money,  over  one  thousand  dollars,  with  which  to 
pay  for  the  hogs. 

Uncle  Will  was  one  of  the  sweetest,  purest,  dearest  old  gentle- 
men that  I  have  ever  met.  He  was  just  like  my  father  and  .so 
many  of  their  cousins,  whose  names  appear  and  are  given  credit 
at  the  proper  place.  But  for  his  assistance  there  are  many  things 
in  this  book  that  could  never  have  been  written.  He  has  been 
my  chief  helper. 

He  became  a  Christian  in  1836,  obeying  the  go.spel  with 
twenty  others  in  the  first  large  meeting  ever  held  at  Walnut 
Grove.  He  was  early  chosen  deacon  of  the  Walnut  Grove  (now 
Eureka)  Christian  church.  When  the  Mt.  Zion  church  was 
organized  in  1855,  he  was  chosen  church  treasurer,  and  also  one 
of  the  deacons.  After  a  very  few  years  he  was  chosen  one  of 
the  elders,  which  position  he  held  to  the  date  of  his  death.  He 
held  the  office  of  church  treasurer  for  twenty-five  years.  He  was 
a  liberal  supporter  of  Eureka  college  in  its  early  days  when  in 
greatest  need. 

His  companion  passed  away  on  September  30,  1888,  and  he 
was  buried  on  the  fifteenth  anniversary  of  her  death. 

Cousin  William  passed  peacefully  to  rest  early  in  the  morning 
of  September  28,  1903,  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  Henrietta 
Reynolds,  in  Washington,  Illinois,  but  a  few  miles  from  Mt.  Zion 
where  he  had  lived  for  so  long.  A  large  concourse  of  his  friends 
and  relatives  gathered  at  the  Mt.  Zion  church  on  the  afternoon  of 
the  thirtieth,  to  pay  the  last  sad  rites  to  one  whom  all  loved. 
Singers  from  four  churches,  'round  about,  sang  the  old  hynms, 
his  favorites,  and  Prof.  B.  J.  Radford,  of  Eureka  college,  who 
has  been  the  preacher  at  this  church  very  much  of  the  time  for 


32  The  Nance  Memorial. 

thirty-five  years,  preached  a  fine  sermon  from  the  words,  "  I  have 
fought  the  good  fight,  I  have  finished  the  course,  I  have  kept  the 
faith. ' '  Among  many  other  comforting  words  he  said  :  "I  think 
it  probable  it  was  easier  for  Father  Mitchell  to  be  good  than  it  is 
for  some  of  us,  yet  we  do  not  know  how  much  of  his  goodness 
was  the  result  of  constant  effort  and  trusting  faith  on  his  part  in 
the  early  years  of  his  long  Christian  life." 

His  children  were  all  present  at  the  last  sad  rites.  His  daugh- 
ter, Klla  Jennings,  came  from  Minnesota  a  few  hours  before  his 
demise.  His  daughter,  Jennie  Bullock,  and  her  son,  Edwin, 
came  from  Toledo,  Ohio  ;  his  brother.  Pleasant,  from  Sidney, 
Illinois,  and  his  sister,  Mary  Bullock,  and  her  family,  from  Secor, 
near  by.  Only  one  brother,  Frederick,  was  absent.  There  were 
nearly  half  a  hundred  relatives  gathered  around  the  open  tomb 
where  we  lay  the  beloved  of  all,  beside  his  life's  companion  and 
her  mother,  Elizabeth  Long. 

We  tarried  around  these  graves  a  full  hour,  in  family  greet- 
ings. Many  had  not  met  in  years.  Some  had  never  met.  It 
was  a  sweet  communion.  Owing  to  his  habit  of  attending  all 
state  conventions  of  his  church  of  a  missionary  nature,  most  of 
them  being  held  at  Eureka,  Elder  Mitchell  was  probably  as  well 
known  among  the  ministers  of  the  state  as  any  man  in  the  state, 
outside  their  own  ranks.  Besides,  of  the  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  ministers  who  have  preached  at  Mt.  Zion  since  its  organiza- 
tion in  1855,  many  were  but  boys  from  Eureka  college,  making 
their  first  attempts  at  preaching,  but  now  filling  the  best  pulpits 
in  the  land.  These  all  looked  upon  Elder  Mitchell  as  their  per- 
sonal friend,  and  will  so  mourn  his  loss. 

Surely  the  prayer  of  our  Eord  for  His  disciples,  is  answered  in 
Father  Mitchell's  life.  "I  pray  not  that  thou  shouldest  take 
them  out  of  the  world,  but  that  thou  shouldest  keep  them  from 
the  evil."     He  was  kept  from  the  evil  in  a  superlative  sense. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  F.  E.  Jennings,  buds  above,  are  farmers  in 
Minnesota.  They  expect  to  retire  from  active  farm  life  after  the 
present  season,  and  settle  in  town  near  by. 

Of  their  children,  William  J.  is  a  railway  mail  clerk,  Harvey 
is  a  commercial  traveler,  Minnie  is  a  school  teacher.  She  is  also 
a  teacher  of  music.  Charles  is  still  in  the  high  school.  He 
expects  to  study  medicine. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thos.  Bullock,  buds,  are  retired,  residing  with 
their  children  in  Toledo,  Ohio.     Their  sou  is  a  commercial  traveler. 


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33 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Reynolds,  buds,  reside  in  Washington,  a  quiet 
retired  life.  Of  their  children,  William  is  a  clothier,  at  Mon- 
mouth, Illinois.     Mae  is  at  home. 

Charles  Burton— Branch  Three. 

Charles  Burton  was  born  in  Virginia,  in  the  year  1800.  He 
was  reared  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana.  Here  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Mitta  Perkins,  August  12,  18 19,  by  his  grand- 
father, Clement  Nance,  senior.  In  1S25  he  removed  with  his 
family  to  Parke  county,  same  state,  near  Rockville.  The  county 
at  that  time  was  an  almost  unbroken  forest,  abounding  in  wild 
game.  Here  he  entered  a  farm  and  soon  had  a  substantial  home, 
where  he  continued  to  reside  till  his  death. 

For  many  years  he  was  engaged,  more  or  less,  as  a  shipper  to 
New  Orleans.  He  was  a  man  of  deep  religious  nature  and  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  died  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine, 
leaving  a  large  family,  the  care  of  which  rested  largely  upon  his 
oldest  living  son,  James  M. 

This  couple  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  those  grow- 
ing to  maturity  being  named  below  as  twigs: 


TWIGS. 
Thomas,  d.  at  22. 


Epervia,  h.,  d. 

Francis  Cunningham,  d. 


p;iizaheth,  h.,  d 
John  Caul,  d. . . 


BUDS. 


Mary  A.,  h. 

Corneliii.s  Thompson,  d. 

2nd  h.   David  Adkins,  d. 

Cayuga,  Indiana. 
John.  Killed  in  civil  war 

Marrietta,  h. 
Geo.  Moore. 

Maggie,  h. 

—  Bobo,  d. 

2nd  h.  Stewart. 

Sylvester. 

Charles. 

James. 

Oskaloosa,  Iowa. 


Dorothy,  h. 

Silas  Stonerock.  d. 


Sarah  Jane,  h.,  1847 

Joseph  Reed 

Wilcox,  Washington. 


BI^OSSGMS. 

Delia  V.  h. 

Chas,  Couglcton.  . , 

Katie,  d.  at  1(5. 

Chas.  h. 

Francis  S.,  d.  at  21. 


I'KriT. 


C  Clvdc. 

'   Carl. 


(:. 


awrencc. 


Charles  J.,  w.,  ISliT 
L,ucy  Ross, 
Carthage,  Mo. 

Jasper  Franklin,  w 

1869-1904. 
Bertha  Carrol  .[  2  children. 

Diirango,  Colo.        ( 

Fredric  C,  w. 

I<aCrosse,  Wash. 
Silas  L. 

Wilcox,  Wa.sh. 

Benjamin  K.,  w. 

Margaret  Jones, 

Wilcox,  Wash. 

Jas.  Garfield, 

Wilcox,  Wash. 
Burton  Wiley,  1883, 
1^      Wilcox,  Wash. 


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The  Nance  Memorial. 


TWIOvS. 


Dorothy,  li. 

Silas  Stoiierock,  <1. 


CHARLEvS  BURTON— Continued 

BUDS. 

Wm.  H.  Fluke 


BI^OSSOMS. 
Eva,  h. 


(   Ruth,  h. 

James  Hays 

(      Urbana,'    Illinois, 
N.  Organ  Street. 


401 


Catharine,  h. 
Fred  Silver.. 


I'red,  vv. 
Mae  Sewall. 


I'KriT. 
(    Ina  Kiith. 

Harley. 
(  Kdna 

(    Harold. 
I   Hlhel. 


Burton. 
(    Florence  C,  h. 

2d  h.  Dr.  Isaac  Cannan  d       Andrew  Hunt (   Myrtle  C    1801 

(       Cayuga,  Indiana.  I       ^  •.      •   • 

(   Elnionia.      An      invalid 
from  childhood. 


James  M.,  w..  1827 
Margaret  Coffman. 
Dana,  Indiana. 


Coleman,  w. 

Sarah  McKeen 

Cajuga,  Indiana. 


Charles  W.,  w. 

Flora  I^.  Nutt 

Crawfordsville,  Ind. 

.Sara  Belle,  h. 
Henry  M.  Kardin. 
Dana,  Indiana. 

(  Henry,  d. 
■     Ballard,  d. 
(^  George  F.,  d. 

f  Jane,  h. 

Moses  T.  Kelly 

Rockville,  Indiana. 


Norwood  Nutt. 
Byron  James. 
Naomi. 
Harold  Nutt. 


Martha,  h. 
Edward  Brockway. 


Mary  Myrtle,  1884. 


Ellen,  h. 

Edward  Harvev f  Hazel. 

913  E.   7th  Street,  Pu-  "(  Roy. 

eblo,  Colorado. 


William,  w. 
>Sarah  Nunger. 


vSarah,  h.,  1858,  d. 
David  Wolfe. 

I^ou.  v.,  h. 

Aquilla  F.  Moore,  d 

2024  N.  Alabama  Street 
Indianapolis,  Indiana. 
Members  Central 
Christian  Church. 

Thomas  M.,  single, 
,Silverwood,  Indiana. 

Fred,  w.. 

Marguerite  Randolph... 
.Silverwood,  Indiana. 


Jay  Edward.  1880 

Pueblo,  Colorado 
MildredEstellal882 
Ethel  May,  1884. 
Clara  Belle,  1886. 
Walter  A.,  1889. 


i 


Carroll  F. 


Mary  Ellen,  h. 
Moses  Kelly. . . 


P'lora,  h. 

Dell  Williams (   Ruth. 

Silverwood,  Indiana.        I   Chancey  D. 

No  issue. 


James  M.  Burton,  twig  above,  was  borii  and  reared  in  Parke 
county,  Indiana.  After  his  father's  death,  he  remained  at  home 
until  the  death  of  his  mother,  and  the  younger  children  could 
care  for  themselves.  In  1861  he  married  Margaret  Coffman. 
Her  parents  were  from  Pennsylvania  and  of  German  descent. 
She  was  a  devout  Christian,  a  gentle  wife  and  loving  mother,  and 
a  member  of  the  Christian  church.  They  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Vermilion  county,  Illinois,  near  Ridge  Farm.  He  was  a  frugal 
and  industrious  farmer,   and  as  a  marked  characteristic  of  his 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


35 


family,  was  noted  for  his  outspoken  honesty,  morality,  and  gen- 
erous hospitality.  No  more  honorable  name  was  known  in  his 
county.  He  was  always  interested  in  the  church  and  charitable 
work  of  his  community,  and  generously  contributed  to  the  same, 
and  at  the  age  of  sixty,  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church.  At 
the  age  of  fifty-five,  financial  reverses  overtook  him  and  reduced 
him  to  moderate  circumstances,  and  his  children  had  none  of  the 
aids  given  by  wealth  and  high  social  position. 

These   parents   are  spending  their  reclining  years  at    Uana, 
Indiana. 


CHARLES   W.    BURTON 
Bud  above. 


"Charles  W.  Burton,  bud  above,  whose  likeness  is  shown  here- 
with was  born  in  Vermilion  county,  Illinois,  December  6,  1864. 
His  father  was  a  farmer,  and  the  lad  was,  therefore,  brought  up 
on  the  farm,  attending  the  district  school  until  thirteen,  when  he 
and  his  sister,  Belle,  entered  the  Grammar  school  in  the  villnge 


?,c^ 


TiiR  Nancr  Memorial. 


near  by.  Only  the  winter  months  could  l)e  spared  for  school  for 
Charles.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  met  with  an  accident  which 
made  him  a  cripple  for  life,  and  was  compelled  to  abandon  the 
farm.  lie  taught  in  the  public  schools  for  three  years,  and 
entered  Wabash  college  at  Crawfordsville,  Indiana.  He  remained 
here  four  years,  supporting  himself  through  his  own  labor. 

' '  I  )uring  his  first  summer  vacation  he  .solicited  for  a  subscription 
book  in  Wi.sconsin  and  Minnesota.     So  well  did  he  succeed  in  this 


! 


W 


MRS.    imr^LR   RARDIN 

liiul  above. 


work,  that  he  was  soon  installed  with  one  of  the  largest  publish- 
ing houses  of  the  country,  as  superintendent  of  agencies,  which 
afforded  him  means  to  defray  his  college  expenses.  He  was 
characterized  as  a  diligent,  earnest  student,  modest,  plain,  and 
more  anxious  to  acquire  knowledge  than  display  learning. 


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37 


MRS.    MARY   A.    ADKINS 

liiiil  above.     Twici-  a  wiiliiw. 


1 89 1.  She  is 
a  devoted  wife 
and  mother, 
an  intellij^^ent 
companion, 
and  conspicu- 
ous for  her 
cpiiet  and  do- 
mestic nature. 


"At  this  institution 
he  acquired  the  repu- 
tation of  being  a  good 
del)ator,  as  well  as  a 
pleasant  and  forceful 
speaker.  Here  he 
developed  those 
powers  of  analysis 
and  argument  which 
have  served  him  well 
in  his  profession. 

"At  the  close  of  his 
college  work  he  was 
married  to  Flora 
I^ydia  Nutt,  June  iH, 


KATIK 

Thompson 

IllosSDiii  al)()vc. 
Died  at  1(1. 


"Upon  leav- 
ing college  he 
first  engaged 
in  the  mer- 
cantile busi- 
ness at  Cov- 
ington, Indi- 
ana, but  so 
strong  was  his 
love  for  the 
law,  he  aban- 
d  o  n  e  d  the 
mercantile 
business,       at 


FRANCIS   S.    ADKINS 
Blossom  above.     Died  at  21. 


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the  age  of  twenty-eight,  to  enter  the  law  office  of  the  Honorable 
Judge  Jere  West,  as  a  student,  at  Crawfordsville. 

^  ^  ^  ^  ^I>  ifC 

"He  was  admitted  to  the  Crawfordsville  bar  in  November,  1894, 
and  at  once  entered  upon  a  successful  practice. 

"In  politics  he  is  a  democrat,  but  has  never  abandoned  his  pro- 
fession for  that  of  politics.  His  steadfastness  of  purpose,  his 
honest  desire  to  accomplish  that  which  was  for  the  best  interest  of 
his  client,  has  secured  for  him  a  large  clientage  and  profitable 
practice. 

"He  is  a  prominent  member  in  several  of  the  secret  orders,  a 


MISS   MVRTI.E  C.    HUNT 
MR.    ANDREW   HUNT  Blossom.     MRS.    F^ORKNCK   C.    HUNT 

CloUiier,  Cayuga,  Indiana.  Bud. 


member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  member  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  order  and  District  Deputy  Grand  Master 
for  two  consecutive  terms,  and  a  Mason,  having  passed  the 
several  degrees  to  that  of  the  rank  of  Knights  Templar. 

"In  1886,  he  joined  the  Presbyterian  church,  but  upon  his 
marriage  he  transferred  his  membership  to  that  of  the  Methodist 
church,  in  which  his  wife  was  a  member. 

"Those  who  know  him  best,  know  him  to  be  a  man  of  strong 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


39 


ttachmeuts  for  his  friends,  bearing  the  truest  and  deepest  affec- 
tion toward  those  who  had  kindred  with,  or  claims  of  friendship 
or  gratitude  upon  him.  The  writer  of  this  brief  sketch  has  had 
evidence  of  this  constantly  forced  upon  him,  during  an  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  subject  for  years.  In  all,  he  is  an  honest  man. 
'An  honest  man's  the  noblest  work  of  God.'  His  deeds  are  the 
best  measure  of  his  life.  His  works  make  his  enduring  monu- 
ment. Such  is  a  brief  record  of  Charles  W.  Burton,  one  of  the 
youngest  members  of  a  remarkable  family." 

The  author  has  never  met  Cousin  Charles,  although  he  has 
had  much  correspondence  with  him.      A  friend  has  furnished  the 


DOROTHY    BURTON-CARMAN 
Twig. 


DR.    ISAAC   CARMAN 
Twig. 


above  sketch,  and  is  used,  as  it  is  better  than  the  author  could 
write  from  his  knowledge.  There  are  other  members  of  this 
branch  who  should  have  been  written  up,  but  the  author  has 
been  unable  to  procure  the  data  for  the  same.  He  knows  from 
what  he  has  heard  in  a  general  way,  that  they  are  worthy,  but  he 
has  not  learned  the  art  of  writing  biography  without  enough  data 
from  which  the  frame  work  can  be  formed.  No  one  can  regret 
this  more  than  himself. 


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I,ucRETiA  Burton-Cook — Branch  Four. 


lyucretia  Burtou  must  have 
been  born  in  Virginia,  about 
the  year  1802.  Samuel  Cook 
was  born  at  Staunton,  Vir- 
ginia, but  the  date  is  not 
known.  They  were  married 
in  Floyd  county,  Indiana, 
December  10,  18 18,  Clement 
Nance,  "minister  of  the 
gospel,"  performing  the  cere- 
mony. They  settled  on  a 
farm  in  Harrison  county, 
near  Lanesville,  where  they 
remained  a  few  years,  when 
they  removed  to  New  Albany 
and  purchased  a  farm  on  the 
"knobs"  near  town.  He 
erected  the  first  brick  houses 
in  town,  a  grocery  and  a 
dwelling.  Here  they  lived 
many  years,  he  running  a 
grocery.  They  were  Bap- 
tists, as  I  believ^e  most  of 
their  descendants  are.  They 
were  the   parents  of  twelve 

children,  those  growing  to  maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs. 

It   is  said  the  mother  never  had  her  picture  taken ;  that  of  the 

father  is  shown  herewith. 

The  mother  died  at  the  home  in  New  Albany,  and  is  buried 

on  the  farm  on  the  "knobs."     Her  death  occurred  about  1846 

or  1847. 

The  mother  must  have  been  a  great  favorite  among  the  Burton 

family,  judging  from  the  many  lyucretia  Cooks  found  therein. 


fTrfii 

i^,. 

^W 

^p-  /i^. 

m^^Z5l«   ?^r  iH 

/^^!^^mL„ 

M 

IH 

HmHI. 

SAMUEL   COOK 

Consort  of  Branch  Four. 


TWIGS. 


William,  w. 
Rachel  Wright,  d. 


BUDS. 

L,ucretia,  h. 
Simmons  . 


Bowling  Green,  Ky. 


James,  w. 
Eliza 


Bowling  Green,  Ky. 


f 


BI^OSSOMS. 

Mary,  h. 
Porter  McKay .  . 


FRUIT. 


Cook. 


I   James. 
t  Martha. 


Minnie,  h. 
Stone. 


1    3. 
I  4. 


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TWIGS. 


LUCRETIA  BURTON-COOK— Conliiuic-d. 

BL,OSS<lMS. 


William,  w. 
Rachel  Wriarht.  d. 


BUDS. 
Mary,  h.,  d. 
James  Jenkins. . 


John,  \v.  (lost  in  war) 
Mary  Brindlev.  d 


Emely,  h.,  d. 
Jenkins. 

Roussean,  d. 

Minnie  h. 

Al  Burton 

Bowling  Green,  Ky. 

Rachel,  d. 

I    Ivaura,  single. 

-[   Charles  A.,  w. 
I    Klla  I,ark 


Jennie. 
William. 


Mary. 
Kdwin. 


David.      Died   in   war  of 
1861-5. 


j 

[       New  Albany.  Indiana.    ( 


Josephus.  w.,  d. 


James  H.,  w. 
Kmily   Maddock  .. 
Flint,  Michigan. 


Amelia,  h. 
Chas.  Stewart,  d. . . 
Eureka,  Illinois. 


Josephus. 

John  H.,  w. 

K.ffie  G.  Bush 

Flint,  Michigan. 

Amelia  A.,  h. 

Ed  wai'd  Reid 

Forest,  Canada. 

David  J.,  w. 
I<ouise  Huxley, 

Effingham,  Illinois. 

Annie  K. 
Minnie  I.,. 

.Samuel,  d. 

Mamie,  h. 

John  Hespen 

Bowling  Green,  Ky. 


Mninie. 

Walter. 


Minnie  M. 
F;ila  I^. 
Family  E. 


Emily  I,. 
Amelia  I. 


Gilbert. 
Amelia. 
John. 


l'"RnT. 


Mrs.  Amelia  Stewart,  twig 
above,  is  living  a  quiet,  retired  life, 
at  Eureka,  Illinois.  She  has  been 
separated  from  her  family  nearly 
all  her  life,  and  knows  very  little 
about  them.  Cousin  Amelia,  as 
she  is  called  in  Eureka,  is  a  true 
and  faithful  Christian,  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  adorn- 
ing the  doctrine  of  her  Saviour  by 
a  chaste  walk  and  conversation. 

Prof.  David  J.  Cook,  bud  above, 
is  principal  of  the  Department  of 
Negative  Making,  in  the  Illinois 
College  of  Photography,  situated  at 
Effingham,  Illinois. 


PROF.    D.    J.    COOK. 


42 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


Charles  A.  Cook,  bud,  is  a  grocer  in  New  Albany.  Is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  from  appearances,  is  a  fine 
gentleman. 

A  strange  thing  to  me  is,  that  when  I  visited  him  at  his  store, 
in  September,  1903,  in  the  midst  of  two  hundred  relatives,  he  did 
not  know  he  had  one  in  the  city.  He  did  not  know  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Nance  family.     On  the  other  hand,  his  relatives 


JAMES   H.    COOK. 


did  not  know  he  was  a  grandson  of  Lucretia  Burton.  I  have 
found  others  almost  as  ignorant  of  their  ancestry.  Can  anyone 
now  doubt  the  utility  of  this  work  ? 

James  H.  Cook,  twig  above,  was  born  in  New  Albany,  in 
1839.  Went  south.  Served  in  the  Confederate  army.  After- 
wards went  to  Canada,  where  he  married.  Now  resides  at  Flint, 
Michigan. 


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43 


Elizabeth  Burton — Branch  Seven. 

Elizabeth  Burton  was  born  May  4,  1808.  She  was  married  to 
Thomas  Wright,  July  20,  1823,  by  Clement  Nance,  and  lived  at 
Rockville,  Indiana,  until  about  1862,  when  her  son,  Jacob,  went 
after  her  and  brought  her  to  Eureka.  She  lived  a  widow  many 
years,  loved  by  all  who  knew  her.  She  was  a  consistent  Christ- 
ian, a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  nearly  all  her 
life.  She  died  at  Eureka,  July  5,  1890,  and  was  buried  there. 
"Lost  to  sight,  but  to  memory  dear."  She  was  the  mother  of 
eleven  children,  those  growing  up  are  named  below  as  twigs. 
Mr.  Wright  died  in  Parke  county,  1862. 


TWIGS.  BUDS. 

Dorothea,  h.,  1822,  d. 

David  P.  Harber,  d \   Josephine. 

I    Elizabeth. 
Williain,  w. 
Mary  Marshall (   j?j,],is 

f  I.,isha,  w.,  d. 

Josephus,  w.,  1827-190H.       I  Kinma  Hale,  d. 

Sarah  Siblev,  d I 

I'rhaiia,  Illinois.               1  Mary,  h. 

2ik1  w.  Sarah  Gould.            |  Rev.  W.  N.  Tobie  . 

[  Urbana,  Illinois. 


BI^OSSOMS. 


I'KriT 


Sylvester,  w. 

Ann  Brock  way 

Pittsburgh,  Kansas. 


John  II.,  w. 

I'rances  .Smith 

Kureka,  Illinois. 


(   1.     d. 
(    Helen. 


Plunia. 
Kva. 

l'"lorence. 
James  B. 


'  Eva.     At  home. 

Theodore,  w. 

Julia  Foster 

Pittsburgh,  Kau-sas. 
2nd  w.  Etta  Reynolds. 


Franklin,  w. 

Julia  Ramsey j   Helen. 

Pitt.sburgh,  Kansas.        /   2. 

.Sylvester,  w. 

Milwaukee,  Wi.sconsin 

Alice. 


I 


Stella  B.,  h. 
Chas.  Kent, 
Milwaukee, 


Wis. 


Calvin,  w. 

Uzzie  Staples J    Beulah 


Jacob  C.  w.,  1834. 
Nettie  Robinson. .. 
Eureka,  Illinois. 


Lncretia  C.  h.,  1838-1900.    I 
James  L.  Myers,  d -j 


West  Allis,  Wisconsin. 


Elmer,  w. 
Gussie  Faulk, 

Richmond,  Indiana. 

Edmond  M., 

Urbana,  Illinois. 
Muriel  E., 

Chicago,  Illinois. 

Addie,  h. 

Chas.  Dickinson. 

Mary,  St.  L,ouis,  Mo. 


Clarence. 
Blanche. 
I^eta. 
I.,eronda. 
Adolphus. 
Gladdis. 
^  3  others. 


Addison.     Died  single. . .    J    A  soldier  in  civil  war. 


44  The  Nance  Memoriai.. 


EUZABETH    BURTON- 

-Continued. 

TWIGS. 

BUDS. 

BI^OSSOMS. 

FRUIT. 

Amanda,  h. 
Daniel  McKay 

Elizabeth. 

Benj.  Frank,  w. 

Emma  Hart 

1848    Winfield     Street, 
1,0s  Angeles,  Cal. 

r  Stella,  h. 
Benj.  White 

Winnie. 
Beulah. 
Perva . 
F'eral,  d. 

\   Dorothy. 
")    Marjory. 

JosKPHUvS   Wright. 

Josephus  Wright  was  born  near  Rockville,  Indiana,  January 
6,  1827.  By  his  first  wife,  Sarah  Sibley,  of  Rockville,  he  had 
five  children.  All  preceded  the  father  to  the  grave.  His  second 
wife  was  Sarah  Gould,  of  Eureka,  Illinois,  whom  he  married  in 
18 — .  By  her  he  had  four  children,  but  one  of  whom  survives 
to  cheer  her  mother  in  her  declining  years.  Mr.  Wright  resided 
many  years  at  Eureka.  For  ten  years  he  was  a  clothier  in 
El  Paso,  Illinois.  Afterwards  he  made  his  home  in  Bloomington 
and  Normal,  same  state,  until  December,  1902.  Having  sold  his 
home  in  Normal  he  removed  to  Urbana,  where  his  death  occurred 
June  16,  1903.  He  had  been  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church  for  more  than  forty  years.  His  remains  were  brought 
to  Eureka,  and  were  laid  away  from  the  home  of  his  brother, 
Jacob.  Many  of  his  friends  of  former  years,  as  well  as  his 
relatives,  attended  the  services,  which  were  held  at  9:00  A.  m., 
to  pay  respect  to  his  memory. 

Mr.  Wright's  surviving  child  is  the  wife  of  Rev.  W.  N.  Tobie, 
pastor  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  at  Urbana,  Illinois. 

Sylvester  Wright  was  born  in  Indiana,  about  1829.  He 
was  a  dry  goods  merchant  in  Eureka  for  many  years,  in 
partnership  with  his  brother,  Frank.  They  removed  to  Pitts- 
burgh, Kansas,  some  twenty-five  years  since,  continuing  the 
same  line  of  business.  He  is  now  retired,  leaving  his  sons  in 
charge.  He  is  a  life-long  Methodist  of  prominence,  a  good 
preacher,  having  done  much  in  that  line. 

This  community  was  saddened  to  learn  of  the  sudden  and  unexpected 
death  of  Mrs.  J.  L,.  Myers,  which  occurred  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Addie  Dickinson,  in  Kansas  Cit}-,  on  Sunda}-,  October  14,  1900. 

Mrs.  Myers  had  just  returned  from  the  morning  service  of  her  church, 
and  had  gone  up  stairs.  When,  a  few  minutes  later,  she  was  called  to 
dinner,  she  made  no  answer,  and  investigation  showed  that  .she  was  dead. 
She  had  visited  some  weeks  here  this  summer  among  relatives  and  friends, 
and  seemed  to  be  in  tolerable  health. 


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45 


Mrs.  Myers,  whose  maiden  name  was  Lucretia  Cook  Wright,  was  bom  at 
Rockville,  Indiana,  January  4,  1S38.  She  came  with  her  family  to  Eureka, 
in  1S62,  and  became  an  active  church  worker,  helping  to  organize  the 
Methodist  church  here.  On  April  13,  1S69,  she  was  married  to  J.  L.  Myers, 
and  their  home  was  here  until  the  husband's  death,  July  10,  1887.  In  1S89, 
Mrs.  Myers  removed  with  her  two  daughters,  Addie  and  ]\Iary,  to  Rlooming- 
ton.  In  1895,  she  went  to  Kansas  City  to  make  her  home  with  her  daughter, 
]Mrs.  Addie  Dickinson.  Funeral  services  were  held  in  Kansas  City,  con- 
ducted by  her  pastor.  Dr.  Hughes,  of  the  INIethodist  Episcopal  church,  and 


I.UCRETI.\   COOK    MVKRS 
Twig  above. 

W.  F.  Richard.son,  of  the  First  Christian  church,  and  the  remains  were 
brought  here,  where,  after  a  short  service  at  the  home  of  her  brother,  John 
Wright,  she  was  laid  to  rest  beside  her  husband. 

Mrs.  Myers  was  an  estimable  Christian  woman.  As  daughter,  sister, 
wife,  mother,  and  Christian,  she  was  conscientious,  faithful  and  loving. 
The  body  was  accompanied  by  her  daughters,  son-in-law,  and  her  brother, 
Frank,  and  they  must  have  been  gratified  and  comforted  by  the  large  attend- 
ance of  former  neighbors  and  friends,  and  the  universal  sympathy  manifested. 
—Eureka  ( Illi7iois )  Journal, 


46 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


JOSEPHUS   BURTON 
Branch  Kight. 

TWIGS.  BUD.S. 


Sylvester,  w. 

Eliza  P.  Ephlin 

Eureka,  Illinois. 


Elizabeth,  h. 
A.  B.  Fairbanks,  d  . . . . 
2nd  h.  Jno.  Q.  Reed. 
Beatrice,  Nebraska. 


Amelia  J.,  h.,  d. 

William  Wells 

l,exington,   Nebraska. 


David  C,  w. 

EUla  Hedges 

Eureka,  Illinois. 


Josephiis,  w. 
Fannie  Fewell  . . .. 
Eureka,  Illinois. 


JosEPHus  Burton 
Branch  Eight. 

Jo-seplius  Burton  wa.s 
boru  April  4,  1810.  He 
married  Amanda  Watts,  in 
1832.  Lived  at  Rockville, 
Indiana,  until  1858,  when 
he  removed  to  Eureka, 
where  he  died,  November 
8,  1878.  He  was  a  tiller 
of  the  soil.  A  life  long 
member  of  the  Methodist 
church,  and  a  pillar  in  the 
same.  The  author,  dur- 
ing his  college  days,  fre- 
quently visited  his  pleas- 
ant home  at  the  edge  of 
Eureka.  He  was  the 
father  of  eight  children, 
those  growing  to  maturity 
are  named  below  as  twigs  : 

BI^OSvSOMS.  fruit. 

(■  Archa. 
Vida. 

J   Jo.sephine. 
1    Bertha,  d. 
I    F;dna. 
[  George  D. 

f  Delia. 
(  l,ulu. 


Marion,  w. 
Pri.scilla  Gordon  . 
Blockton,  Iowa. 


Josephus  B.,  w. 
Emma  L,.  Clirisman.. 
Beatrice,  Nebraska. 


Ida,  h. 

N.  K.  Washburn 

Marysville,  Kansas. 


Earnest,  d. 
Mary  E., 
Beatrice,  Nebraska. 

f  John  w. 
Ada  Godfrey. 
Ora,  h. 

Otha  Oldfather. 
Pearl  R,,  h. 

Fred   Oldfather 

O.scar. 
Frank. 
Carrie,  d. 
Infant,  d. 

Lizzie. 

Cora. 

Edward. 

Evod. 

Dolly. 

Nellie. 

Charles  J.,  w. 
Mvrtle  C.  Baird. 
Walter  J. 

Carleton  E. 

Carrie  E. 


Claude. 


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47 


MRS.    ELIZABETH    REED 

Eeatiice,  Nebraska. 

Twig  above. 


MRS.    IDA    h.    WASHBURN 

rorii  Ci  tober  l,'!,  ISCO. 
T\\  ig  above. 


CARRIE   E.    WASHBURN 

Born  December  19,  1883. 

Bud  above. 


CARLETON   E.    W.VSHBURN 

Born  June  21,  1882. 

JJud  above. 


48 


The;  Nanck  Memorial. 


MARY 
Beatrice 
Bud 


K.    RKKD 
Nebraska. 
above. 


The  family,  or  branch  above,  deserves 
more  of  a  write-up  than  they  have  received. 
Few  families  have  been  more  responsive  as 
to  cuts  and  orders  for  the  Memorial,  as  far 
as  reached  by  the  author.  Some  of  them, 
however,  like  too  many  others,  have  ignored 
the  author  entirely.  None  has  furnished 
any  data  from  which  can  be  erected  an 
adequate  .sketch.  Their  letters  indicate 
bright,  intelligent  writers. 

Miss  Mary  E.  Reed,  bud,  is  a  recent 
graduate  from  the  high  school  of  her  home 
city. 


Thomas  Burton — Branch  Nine. 


Thomas  Burton  first  married  Caroline  Brockway,  who  bore 
him  three  children.  His  second  wife  was  Nancy  Wilson,  who 
also  gave  birth  to  three  children.  He  became  quite  eminent  as  a 
physician.  He  lived  many  years  at  Eureka,  and  followed  his 
profession.  In  the  early  70's,  he  disappeared  from  home  and  was 
never  heard  from  or  seen  thereafter.  The  author  always  liked  to 
converse  with  the  doctor,  for  he  was  a  fine  conversationalist  and 
well  versed  in  matters  in  general.  Those  of  his  children  growing 
to  maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 

BL 

Kdniond,  w. 

Martha  I'ickard - 

Clara,  h. 
Adam 

By  "iiid  \v. 
Bvroii,  w. 

Archie. 

Minerva  Kalkiiisoii 

Grace. 

Howard. 

Kdna. 

Charle.s,  w. 

Arabella  Stewart 

Vivian  or  Vt 

BI^OSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


Ira. 


Mary  Burton — Branch  Ten. 


Mary  Burton  and  William  Guffey  were  married  and  were  the 
parents  of  three  children,  named  below  as  twigs.  No  one  has 
been  found  who  could  give  any  further  information. 


TWIGS. 
John  M.,  d. 

Martha,  h. 
Joshua   McDowel 

George. 


BUDS. 


Margaret,  d. 
William.      Died  after  re- 
turning from  civil  war 


BI^OSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


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James  Reed  Burton— Branch  Eleven. 

James  Reed  Burton  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  April 
2,  18 1 6.  When  James  was  a  small  child  the  family  removed  to 
the  interior  of  the  state.  He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mary 
Shirk,  about  1841.  They  came  to  Eureka  at  an  early  day,  about 
1846,  from  Parke  county,  Indiana.  He  lived  a  highly  honored 
and  respected  citizen  until  1865,  when  he  passed  to  the  reward  of 
the  righteous.  From  all  accounts  he  must  have  been  one  of 
God's  most  noble  men.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Christ- 
ian church.  He  was  the  father  of  eight  children,  those  growing 
to  maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs. 

The  mother  brought  the  children  up  to  be  true  and  good  citi- 
zens. The  author  spent  two  years  in  the  home  of  this  family 
while  in  college,  and  can  say  truthfully  he  never  had  a  better, 
nor  more  pleasant  home.  The  mother  lived  to  see  all  her  chil- 
dren grown  and  happily  married. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  RI.OSSOMS.  l''KnT. 

Sarah  A.,  h.  (  I.uhi,  h.  ( 

Rev.  B.  B.  Tyler -     Rev.  Krrett  Gates -    Tyler. 

Denver,  Colorado.  (      Chicago,  Illinois.  ( 

(   Stella. 


David  T.,  \v  ,  d. 

L,ou.  Parker 

Ladoga,  Indiana. 


Kudora  S.,  h. 
Walter  C.  Paige, 
Louisville,  Kentucky. 

Thomas  R.. 
Chicago,  Illinois. 

Elizabeth,  h. 
Ira  E.  Dickin.son, 
Haniniond,  Indiana. 

Mellie. 

f  Charles,  w. 
Mellie,  h.  I    Nellie  B.  Smith,  d j   Michael  Mortimer. 

Olive,  h. 

Howard  Cook f  Howard  C. 

Chicago,  Illinois.  ^  Olive  Dorothy. 


M.  D.  Coffeen 
Chicago,  Illinois. 


J 


Ella,  h.,  d.  ,  ,,       .      , 

S.  A.  Marnev,  d Mamie,  d. 

(  Aimee. 

Joseph,  w.  TTattie 

Lou  McKnight .    £J^"*^- 

Chicago,  Illinois.  f-  ^^'"i- 

Olive,  h.  f  T    1 

Dr.  S.  W.  Lakin i'"'V-- 

Eureka,  Illinois.  '   Mellie. 

iTnf^I^rt:.'^:. ;   Ella  Marguerite. 

Chicago,  Illinois.  '   "arris. 

Sarah  A.  Burton,  twig  above,  was  born  in  Parke  county,  Indi- 
ana, in  1845,  and  came  with  her  parents  to  Illinois,  in  1846.  Her 
girlhood  was  spent  in  Eureka  and  vicinity.  She  was  educated  in 
Eureka   college.     She   met  young   Tyler  in  the   class  room  in 


50  The  Nance  Memorial. 

Eureka  college.  The  result  is  told  below.  Mrs.  Tyler  is  bright, 
cheery,  free,  and  genial,  with  friends  and  acquaintances,  but  is 
cautious,  and  just  a  little  reserved  in  her  intercourse  with  strang- 
ers and  casual  acquaintances.  Her  timidity,  when  it  conies  to 
doing  anything  in  public,  is  painful.  She  shrinks  from  doing 
anything  in  public  with  an  almost  agony  of  pain.  Nevertheless, 
her  ability,  of  which  she  seems  to  be  altogether  unconscious,  has 
compelled  her,  at  times,  to  occupy  positions  of  prominence.  She 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Christian 
Woman's  Board  of  Missions. 

During  her  residence  in  New  York,  she  was,  for  a  season, 
president  of  the  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  in  New 
York  State.  She  is  especially  interested  in  the  educational  work 
of  the  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions,  carried  on  in  con- 
nection with  a  number  of  our  State  Universities,  and  in  Calcutta, 
India.  When  she  talks  on  this  subject,  or  almost  any  other  in 
which  the  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  is  interested,  in 
private  or  in  a  meeting  of  friends  and  acquaintances,  she  flings 
her  fears  to  the  winds  and  waxes  really  eloquent. 

During  her  residence  in  New  York,  1883  to  1896,  she  was  an 
ardent  friend  of  the  McCall  Missions  in  PVance.  She  was  the 
active  head  of  a  large  sewing  school  in  New  York,  in  which  girls 
were  trained  to  be  self-supporting.  She  was  largely  instrumental 
in  getting  up  a  school  of  instruction  in  parliamentary  law  for 
ladies,  during  this  period  of  her  life.  She  established,  in  con- 
nection with  the  Church  of  Disciples  on  West  Fifty-sixth  street,  a 
station  of  the  "Penny  Provident  Fund,"  a  scheme  for  training 
the  children  of  the  poor  in  habits  of  thrift.  With  all  this  zeal  in 
service,  and  efficiency  as  well,  when  she  is  asked  to  participate  in 
public  exercises,  she  is  wont  to  say  :  "  Go  to  my  husband,  he  is 
the  talker  in  the  family.     He  preaches,  I  practice." 

In  the  home  Mrs.  Tyler  is  the  queen.  There  is  no  brighter, 
happier  home  to  be  found  than  the  one  in  which  she  presides.  In 
New  York  her  home  was  always  open  to  young  people,  and 
others,  sojourning  in  the  city  and  attending  the  church  of  which 
her  husband  was  pastor. 

In  the  South  Broadway  Christian  church,  Denver,  one  who 
knows  her  well,  says:  "Her  influence  is  quiet,  bright,  cheery, 
all-pervading,  and  thoroughly  Christian.  If  her  husband's  life 
has  been  fruitful  of  good,  his  wife  is  in  every  respect  a  worthy  com- 
panion, and  iu  the  day  of  final  reckoning,  great  will  be  her  reward. ' ' 


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51 


Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tyler  have  recently  purchased  a  fine  home  in 
Denver,  and  they  are  rejoicing  that,  for  the  first  time  in  their 
lives,  they  are  living  "under  their  own  vine  and  fig  tree." 

Benjamin  Bushrod  Tyler  was  born  on  a  farm  near  Decatur, 
Illinois,  April  9,  1840.  His  father  was  John  W.  Tyler,  from 
English  stock.  His  mother  was  Sarah  Roney,  from  Irish  stock. 
Both  were  born  in  Kentucky,  but  were  married  in  Illinois.     He 


REV.    B.    B.    TYLER,    D.    D. 
Consort  of  twig  above. 


was  ordained  to  the  work  of  the  Baptist  ministry  before  leaving 
Kentucky.  As  in  Kentucky,  so  in  Illinois,  he  combined  farming, 
school-teaching,  and  preaching  the  gospel.  Soon  after  his  removal 
to  Illinois  he  began  the  reading  of  the  Christian  Baptist,  and  later 
read  the  Millennial  Harbinger,  monthly  publications  edited  by 
Alexander  Campbell.     He  was  pleased  with  Mr.  Campbell's  con- 


52  The  Nance  Memorial. 

ception  and  presentation  of  the  Christian  religion.  Almost 
unconsciously  he  became  identified  with  the  "  Campbellites,"  the 
"  Reformers,"  the  "  Disciples  of  Christ."  Situated  as  he  was  he 
had  unusual  success  in  winning  not  only  to  the  Christ  but  to  the 
then  new  views  of  the  Christian  religion.  Thus  it  was  that  his 
son  was  brought  up  in  the  faith  of  the  Disciples,  or  Christians. 

On  July  31,  1859,  in  a  meeting  held  in  a  grove  near  the  old 
home  five  or  six  miles  east  of  Decatur,  Benjamin  Bushrod  Tyler 
confessed  Christ.  His  father  was  the  preacher.  The  next  morn- 
ing he  was  baptized  by  his  father,  in  the  Sangamon  river. 
"Those  days,"  he  says,  "  are  full  of  sweetness.  An  experience 
was  pa.ssed  through  that  can  never  be  forgotten,  neither  in  this 
world,  nor  the  world  to  come."  At  once  he  began  to  prepare  for 
his  life  work.  His  desire  was  to  preach.  He  felt  that  he  was 
not  good  enough  ;  that  he  did  not  know  enough.  He  inclined 
for  a  time  to  the  vocation  of  school  teacher.  Law  received  some 
consideration,  and  possessed  attractions  for  the  young  man,  but 
even  in  this  case,  if  he  should  become  a  lawyer,  the  ministry  was 
to  be  the  climax.  In  September,  1859,  he  entered  Eureka  college 
to  prepare  for  the  ministry.  While  in  the  college  he  used  his 
talents  in  speaking  for  some  of  the  churches  'round  about,  and  in 
1 86 1  he  as.sisted  the  state  evangelist  in  a  meeting  at  Litchfield. 
Young  Tyler  did  his  share  of  the  preaching  in  this  meeting,  the 
meeting  resulting  in  sixty-five  additions  to  the  church.  On  Sep- 
tember 4,  1 86 1,  he  was  set  apart  to  the  work  of  the  ministry  by 
prayer  and  the  laying  on  of  hands.  At  once  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Montgomery-Macoupin  County  Christian  Co-oper- 
ation as  evangelist,  his  remuneration  to  be  $20.00  per  month. 
This  continued  one  year  and  resulted  in  the  addition  of  three 
hundred  members  to  the  churches  of  the  co-operation. 

While  a  student  at  Eureka,  young  Tyler  met  Miss  Sarah  A. 
Burton,  twig  above.  They  formed  attachments  which  culminated 
in  their  marriage  in  Eureka,  December  25,  1862. 

The  first  pastorate  of  Mr.  Tyler  was  of  the  Christian  church 
in  Charleston,  Illinois,  of  three  years,  from  December,  1864,  to 
December,  1867.  The  second  was  one  of  five  years,  at  Terre 
Haute,  Indiana,  from  December,  1867,  to  December,  1S72.  The 
third  was  at  Frankfort,  Kentucky,  from  January,  1872,  to  May, 
1876.  The  fourth  was  with  the  First  Christian  church,  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky,  of  seven  years,  from  May,  1876,  to  June,  1883. 
The  fifth  was  in  New  York  City,  West  Fifty-sixth  street,  from 


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October,  1883,  to  October,  1896,  thirteen  years.  His  last  and 
present  pastorate,  that  of  the  South  Broadway  church,  Denver, 
Colorado,  began  in  September,  1900. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tyler  visited  Europe  in  1880.  He  went  to 
London  as  a  delegate  to  a  World's  Sunday  School  Convention, 
from  the  Kentucky  Sunday  School  Union.  He  became  a  memljer 
of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  International  Sunday  School 
Association.  He  named  the  first  member  of  the  International 
Sunday  School  Lesson  Committee,  the  late  Isaac  Errett.  After 
Mr.  Errett's  demise,  Mr.  Tyler  was  elected  to  the  vacancy  by 
the  International  Sunday  School  Convention  in  Pittsburg,  in  1890. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  this  conniiittee  from  that  time  to 
the  present. 

The  International  Sunday  School  Convention,  in  Denver,  in 
June,  1902,  elected  Mr.  Tyler  its  president,  which  position  he 
will  hold  until  the  next  International  Convention,  at  Toronto,  in 
1905. 

For  ten  years,  during  his  residence  in  New  York,  he  con- 
tributed a  letter  each  week  to  the  Christian  Standard,  under  the 
heading,  "  New  York  Letter."  He  was  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Managers  of  the  American  Bible  Society,  and  served  on  the 
"Committee  of  Versions,"  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Howard  Crosby, 
Talbot  W.  Chambers,  and  others  of  similar  character,  learning 
and  fame. 

Drake  University  conferred  on  Mr.  Tyler  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Divinity.  He  accepted  the  proffered  honor  in  spite  of  a  strong 
feeling  among  the  Disciples  against  such  titles,  in  the  interest,  as 
he  said,  of  the  liberty  which  belongs  to  one  of  Christ's  freemen. 
He  does  not  fancy  the  title  and  says  that  he  does  not  deserve  it. 

During  his  residence  in  New  York  he  acted  as  president  of  the 
Christian  Endeavor  Union  of  New  York  and  vicinity.  It  was  the 
year  during  which  preparations  were  in  progress  for  the  great 
International  Endeavor  Convention  in  New  York,  1892.  Just 
before  the  convention  he  was  prostrated  from  over  work,  but 
during  the  convention  was  able  to  appear  on  the  platform  of  the 
great  Madison  Square  Garden,  and  speak  to  an  audience  of  fifteen 
thousand  people.  His  recovery  from  the  attack  of  nervous  pros- 
tration was  a  surprise  to  his  physician.  Dr.  W.  E.  Rounds,  of 
New  York  City.  The  doctor  solemnly  charged  him  to  be  careful 
and  not  permit  a  recurrence  of  the  attack.  With  the  beginning 
of  1896  there  were  unmistakable  symptoms  of  similar  breakdown. 


54  Thk  Nance  Memorial. 

His  resignation  as  pastor  was  tendered.  The  church  declined 
to  accept  it.  He  pressed  the  resignation  with  the  result  that  an 
agreement  was  reached  that  it  would  take  effect  October  i,  1896. 
Some  of  the  members  said:  "  We  want  you  to  take  one  more 
vacation  at  our  expense. ' '  And  it  was  so.  After  leaving  New 
York  some  time  was  taken  in  resting  and  recuperating.  He  did, 
subsequently,  an  itinerant  work  among  the  churches.  He  called 
himself  "  A  Didactic  Evangelist." 

Mrs.  Tyler's  health  gave  way  in  September,  1900,  rendering 
it  impossible  to  continue  this  character  of  work.  He  went  to 
Denver  and  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the  South  Broadway  Christ- 
ian church,  as  told  elsewhere. 

Early  in  the  year  1903,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tyler  visited  Egypt  and 
the  Holy  Land,  Mr.  Tyler  acting  as  chaplain  of  the  "Cruise." 
The  journey  was  called  "The  Bible  Student's  Oriental  Crui.se." 

If  an  expression  of  the  membership  of  the  Christian  church 
could  be  taken  as  to  the  most  influential  family  of  preachers  in 
the  church  at  this  time,  I  have  no  doubt  the  Tyler  family  would 
receive  the  meed.  This  not  only  because  of  their  pastoral  work 
and  record,  but  also  because  of  the  great  activity  of  B.  B.  in  the 
Sunday  School  work,  and  of  both  B.  B.  and  J.  Z.  in  the  Christian 
Endeavor  work.  I  have  no  doubt  that  B.  B.  Tyler  would  be 
voted  the  most  popular  preacher  among  us  at  the  present  day. 

Lulu  Tyler  Gates,  bud  above,  whose  likeness  appears  here- 
with, filled  a  week's  engagement  at  the  Bloomington,  Illinois, 
Chautauqua,  two  successive  seasons.  The  author  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  hearing  her  many  times,  besides  on  various  other  occasions. 
He  is  free  to  say  that  the  following  encomiums,  .selected  from 
hundreds,  are  not  overdrawn. 

The  Nance  family  have  produced,  and  are  producing,  lawyers, 
doctors,  preachers,  writers,  and  musicians  galore,  but  as  far  as 
known,  Mrs.  Gates  is  the  only  reader  and  impersonator  in  the 
family.  She  is  fast  winning  her  way  to  the  very  front  rank  in 
her  profession. 

Record-Herald,  Chicago,  says :  Lulu  Tyler  Gates  is  a  remarkalile 
wouian.  lu  readiug  aud  recitation  she  gives  uuinistakable  evidence  of  that 
indefinable  something  which  soothes,  inspires,  and  cheers  all  who  are  fort- 
unate enough  to  hear  her.  *  *  *  It  is  the  candid  opinion  of  the 
writer  that  Mrs.  Gates  possesses  talents  far  superior  to  many  whose  names 
have  taken  first  rank  among  the  gifted  readers  and  impersonators  of  the  day. 
The  strong  intense  nature  of  splendid  Christian  character  of  this  most  excel- 
lent woman  dominate,  control,  and  charm  the  most  critical  auditor. 


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N.  N.  RiDDELi. :  After  listening  to  Mrs.  Gates,  in  six  programs  of 
nearly  an  hour  each,  in  the  open  air,  before  a  Chautauqua  audience,  I  take 
great  pleasure  in  commending  her  work  to  the  public,  and  especially  to 
managers  in  need  of  a  first-class  artist. 

F.  L.  Jones,  Indiana  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  :  I  wish 
to  connnend  most  heartily  I^ulu  Tyler  Gates,  of  Chicago,  who  gives  to  her 
audiences    an   entertainment 

of  very  high  order.  In  many 
respects-  she  excels  readers 
of  wider  repute,  and  gives, 
on  the  whole,  the  most  satis- 
factory readings  I  have  heard. 

IvELAND  T.  Powers  : 
Lulu  Tyler  Gates  has  already 
proven  her  right  to  a  front 
rank  in  the  profession.  When 
I  heard  her  before  a  Chau- 
tauqua audience  at  Bloom- 
ington,  Illinois,  her  work 
was  received  with  great  en- 
thusiasm by  the  audience, 
and  with  good  reason.  She 
is  artistic,  unaffected,  and 
with  remarkable  dramatic 
ability. 

G.  P.  COLER,  Professor 
of  Eibblical  Literature,  l^ni- 
versity  of  Michigan  :  I  heard 
Lulu  Tyler  Gates  give  six 
readings  at  Fountain  Park 
Assembly  this  year.  Her 
time  on  the  program  was  4:30 
to  5:30  p.  M.,  just  after  the 
audience  had  listened  to  some 
noted  lecturer  for  an  hour  or 
longer.  But  she  held  the 
audience  day  after  day  with 
growing  interest,  and  a  larger 
number  remained  to  hear  her 
each  day.  She  is  a  gifted 
woman,  and  her  power  as  a 
reader  and  impersonator  is 
very  great  —  far  beyond  that 
of  most  people  who  appear 
on  the  platform  in  that  role. 

The  Call,  Lafayette,  Indiana  :  Of  all  the  splendid  attractions  at  the 
Chautauqua  the  readings  of  Mrs.  Lulu  Tyler  Gates,  are  probably  attracting 
the  most  attention.  She  was  scheduled  to  be  on  the  afternoon  program 
each  day,  but  so  great  has  been  the  demand  of  the  public  to  hear  her,  that 


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56  The  Nance  Memorial. 

Superintendent  Shaw  has  been  forced  to  ask  her  to  appear  in  the  evenings, 
which  she  has  consented  to  do. 

[This  happened  a  number  of  times  at  the  Bloomington  Chautauqua. — 
Author.] 

We  shall  close  these  quotations  with  one  from  the  Payitagraph , 
Bloomington,  Illinois : 

The  attendance  at  the  Chautauqua  was  broken  yesterday  afternoon,  and 
Lulu  Tyler  Gates  broke  it.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  one  thousand  more  people 
greeted  her  to  hear  "The  Sky  Pilot,"  than  had  greeted  any  of  the  Chau- 
tauqua entertainers.  Leland  T.  Powers,  who  drew  so  well  a  few  days  ago, 
was  not  even  favored  with  so  large  an  audience.  "The  Sky  Pilot  "  is  always 
an  interesting  book,  but  the  stor)-  as  read  j-esterday  afternoon  was  doubly 
interesting.  The  reader's  impersonation  of  the  various  characters  was  splen- 
did.    The  large  audience,  men,  women,  and  children,  were  delighted. 

Mrs.  Gates  was  in  this  city  January  15,  with  the  Lulu  Tyler 
Gates'  Concert  Company,  filling  a  number  of  the  Wesleyan 
lyccture  Course.  The  company  are  all  artists,  and  delighted  a 
very  large  audience.  The  author  and  his  daughter  enjoyed  a 
very  pleasant  call  on  Cousin  L,ulu,  at  the  hotel. 

Wiley  C.  Burton — Branch  Twelve. 

Wiley  C.  Burton  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  October 
26,  1819.  His  first  wife  was  Elizabeth  Noel.  She  was  the 
mother  of  four  children.  Julia  Brar^f^.was  his  second  wife.  She 
bore  him  four  children.  He  has  been  stock  raising  in  the  Black 
Hills  since  1876.  His  address  is  Elm  Springs,  South  Dakota. 
He  is  the  oldest  of  our  family  livnng.  His  children  are  named 
below  as  twigs : 

TWIGS.  BUD.S.  BLOSSOMS.  FRUIT. 

Joseph,  w.  (  Jo.seph  W. 

Mary  Stephens -    Scott  Nance. 

Klni  .Springs,  vS.  D.  (  Cole  Noel. 

Sarah  E.,  h.,  d.  r  Blanche,    ■«/U  »*<»  'rn  Crtf^"^-'-^  ^ 


E.  H.  Raw.son -^      Slater,  Iowa 

Edward 


lyucretia,  h.,  d. 
G.  H.  Russell  . 


Smith 
Bert  B., 


Ella  C.  h. 
JbaSfB    Hunter, 

'^.')1S    College    Avenue, 
Berkeley,  California. 

clarence. 


Omaha,  NeCraslca.  J^  ^ 


Nellie. 


Albert  J.,  w.  [ 

Ivvdo  Hanen ^ 

Pedro,  South   Dakota.    (  Earle. 


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CHAPTER  III. 


MosiAS  Nance — Limb  Two. 

Mosias  Nance  was  born  in  Pittsylvania  county,  Virginia,  May 
26,  1777.     He  died  in  Indiana,  January  6,  1857. 

Margaret  Denton  was  born  in  \'irginia,  March  i,  178 1,  and 
died  in  Indiana,  March  3,  1833. 

They  were  married  in  the  county  of  his  birth,  August  17, 
1797.  They  moved  to  Kentucky  about  1804,  settHng  near  the 
Kentucky  river.  After  a  few  years  they  followed  his  father  to 
Indiana,  Floyd  county.  He  secured  a  farm  adjoining  that  of  his 
father,  on  which  he  continued  to  reside  during  life.  He  was  a 
man  of  great  faith,  remaining  through  life  true  to  the  "Old 
Christian  Order,"  usually  called  New  Lights.  He  was  a  great 
sufferer  during  the  last  few  years  of  his  life.  Losing  the  use  of 
his  lower  limbs,  he  would  crawl  over  the  floor  like  a  child.  Nut 
once  was  he  known  to  lose  his  patience,  but  always  exhibited  the 
same  calm,  resigned,  cheerful  spirit,  which  he  was  known  to 
possess.  He  frequently  remarked,  during  these  days  of  affliction, 
"  Once  a  man  and  twice  a  child."  He  died  at  the  home  of  his 
daughter,  Elizabeth  Russell,  when  nearly  eighty,  and  was  buried 
on  the  farm  on  which  he  had  resided  for  half  a  century.  Like 
Abraham,  he  "died  in  a  good  old  age,  an  old  man,  and  full  of 
years. ' ' 

They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  the  first  born  dying 
in  infancy.  The  other  eight  lived  to  have  families  of  their  own. 
They  are  named  below  as  branches. 

On  March  20,  1834,  grandfather  was  married  to  Mrs.  Nancy 
Humphrey.  Later,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Nancy 
Walden,  who  survived  him. 

Clement  Denton  Nance,         William  Joseph  Nance, 
Mosias  Nance,  Jr.,  Nancy  May  Hancock, 

Mary  ^  ^"^sell,  Elizabeth  Jane  Russell, 

David  Nance,  Margaret  Perkins  Wolf. 


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Dr.  Clement  D.  Nance — Branch  One. 

Dr.  Clement  D.  Nance  was  born  in  Virginia,  September  17, 
1802.  Died  December  21,  1867.  Margaret  Calhoun  was  born 
January  18,  1808.  Died  December  2 1 ,  1883.  They  were  married 
Augusts,  1824.     Moved  to  Whiteside  county,  Illinois,  about  1836. 

Clement  D.,  farmed,  preached,  and  studied  medicine.  About 
1850,  he  gave  up  personal  attention  to  the  farm,  quit  preaching, 
and  for  the  balance  of  his  life,  devoted  himself  to  his  large  and 
constantly  growing  practice.  He  was  eminently  successful  in  the 
treatment  of  disea.ses.  The  goodness  of  his  heart  forbade  his 
making  adequate  charges  for  his  professional  services.  Many  a 
man  with  his  practice  would  have  amassed  a  fortune.  He  had  a 
farm  before  he  began  his  practice.  He  had  the  same  farm  at  the 
close  of  life,  and  little  more.  He  died  on  the  same  farm  on 
which  he  had  lived  so  long,  mourned  by  a  large  circle  of  friends. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  all  his  mature  life. 
Eight  children  were  reared  by  this  couple,  named  below  as  twigs. 
"Uncle  Clem"  was  a  great  favorite  in  my  father's  family, 
especially  among  we  children,  as  in  fact  he  was  wherever  known. 
"  Aunt  Peggy  "  lived  some  sixteen  years  after  the  death  of  uncle. 
She  lived  a  happy  and  contented  retired  life.  It  was  always  a  joy 
to  have  her  visit  us. 


TWIGS. 


Rutha,  h. 
Beiij.  Tripp. 


BUDS. 

David,  w. 
Martlia  Alley.. 


Marj^aret,  h. 
Ja.s.  A.  Dunbar. 


Mosias,  w. 

Melinda  Paich 

William  C,  w. 

Kliza  Jeans 

Olin,  Iowa. 
2nd  w. 

Jane.  Died  a  young  lady 

Nancy  Ann,  h. 

Geo.  Mitchell,  d 

White  Horse,  Ok. 


f  Delia,  h. 

(  Harry  Jones. 


(   Charles,  w. 
(  Kffie  Taylor. 


William,  w. 
City  liuster. 


BI^OSSOMS. 

Agnes. 
I^eona  I.,. 
Kva  B. 
Ada  B. 
David  A. 
Herbert. 

Laura,  h. 
Matt  Simpson. 

Edith. 

Charles. 

George. 

lyida. 

Ella. 

James  A. 

David  F. 

I.,eonard. 

Maud. 
Jennie.        ' 
( J  race. 
Opie. 


Clarence  K. 


FRUIT. 


Jennie,  h. 
Jno.  WoodrulT. 

Pearl,  h. 

Jas.  Watson.  . . 


Kittie. 

Clara. 

Cecil. 

Ralph. 


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TWIGS. 

Elizabeth,  h.,  d. 

Will.  l,ouden 

Main  Prairie,  Miim. 


BUD.S. 


r  Elmer.  \v 
I    L,izzi 


ie  Grady 


I    Clinton,  w. 

I   Annie  St.  Agni.s. 


John.  Drowned  in  the 
Mississippi  river  at 
Fulton,  Illinois.  J\ily 
4,  1863. 

Joseph,  w.,  d. 
Nancy  Jeans,  d 


j   Josie,  h. 

/   John  Miller. 


ni<ossoMS. 

Marv  E. 

Ada.' 

Erwin. 


I-RIIT 


William  J.  Nance— Branch  Two. 

William  Joseph  Nance  was  born  in  Kentucky,  Noveniljer  4, 
1804,  and  died  February  16,  1859.  He  was  married  to  Elizabeth 
La  Follette,  July  6,  1826,  by  Clement  Nance,  senior.  After  the 
birth  of  two  children,  the  mother  died.  On  October  25,  iS^^^,  he 
was  married  to  Elizabeth  Compton,  who  survived  him  several 
years,  dying  November  2,  18S2. 

Mr.  Nance  spent  his  entire  life  on  the  farm  where  the  family 
settled,  after  losing  the  Oatman  claim,  near  New  Albany. 

These  were  all  faithful  and  consistent  members  of  the  Christ- 
ian church. 

By  his  second  marriage  there  were  ten  children.  Tlie.se 
twelve  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 


Jas.  Harvey,  w.,  d. 
Eleanor  Smith,  d. . 


Nancy  May,  h.,  d. 
David  L,emuel 


BUDS. 


(  Esabiiida.  h. 
John  H.  Becker.. 
Coleta,  Illinois. 


Hattie,  h.,  d. 
John  Fritz.  . . 


BI,OS.SOMS. 

William  IC.,  w.,  d. 
l-;nHna  Gcrdcs. . . . 


Rebecca,  h. 
Adam   I.inebaugh.. 
Sterling,  Illinois. 

Stanton,  w. 
Sarah  Bushinan.  . . . 
Sterling,  Illinois. 

."Vnnie,  h. 

Thos.  Johnson 

Astoria,  Illinois. 

No  issue. 


Hattie  Mae.  h. 
Chas.  A.  Wink. 
Milledgeville.IU. 


Arthur  J. 
Harvey  N. 
Johnnie  Clair. 
^  Chas.  Ray.  d. 

(    Belle. 

'{       Bowie.  Texas.  ► 

C  Clarence. 
J.   Katie. 
I  John. 


No  i.ssue. 


J   Harvey  Daniel. 
(    Percilla  FUcauor. 


FRIIT. 
(  ElUrv  R. 
•    Arthur  E. 


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WILIJAM  J.  NANCE— Continued. 


TWIGS. 


John,  w. 

lyUcy  Hanicrsly,  d 

KtUvardsville,  Indiana 

2nd  w.  Lydia  vSpeaks,  d. 
3rd  w.  Marj'  Ward. 


William  Coleman,  w. 

Mary  Criswcll 

New  Albaiij',  Indiana. 


BUDS. 
George,  w.,  d. 
Mary  L,owe 


BIvOSSOMS. 


Sallie.  h. 

Phil.  Walker 

St.  I^oui.s,  Mi.ssouri. 


f   Kninia,  h. 

Jack  IJryant 

Dnncan,  Indiana. 


Annie,  li. 

Wm.  Oaks 

Ale.vandria,  Indiana. 


William  C,  Jr.,  w. 
L,izzie  Bhmk 


George. 

f  Carrie,  d. 
Minnie. 
George. 
Kdward. 
Jcseph. 
Walter. 
Clyde,  d. 

Robert. 

Mary, 

Edward. 

Ivan. 
Sherman. 
John. 
Bethel. 
Mamie. 
i.  Orval. 

Grace. 


New  Albany,  Indiana.  '/  Jame.s  Jo.seph. 

I<on.,  h. 

.Sherman  Baylor (  Ro.scoe. 

I<ittle  River,  Kan.sa.s.  j  V'irgie  D. 


McClellen,  w. 

Nettie  Garvin 

New  Albany,  Indiana. 

John, 

New  Albanj',  Indiana. 


William. 

John. 

Charles. 

Catharine. 

Julius. 


FRUIT. 


Harriet,  h.,  d. 
Samuel  Walts. 


Wallace,  w. 
Drake. 


Chalmers,  Indiana. 

•\   Edgar,  w. 

New  Richmond,  Ind. 

Wilber, 
Chalmers,  Indiana. 


J   . 


3  children. 


Alonzo  Clement,  w. 

Jant  Ayers 

Edwardsville,  Indiana 


Elizabeth,  h. 

Ja.son  Smith,  d 

l,aiiesville,  Indiana. 


2nd  h.  Wm.  Brock. 


'  Jesse,  w. 

Annie  Kinsley,  d (         ,, 

Edwardsville,  Indiana    (    "-inas. 

James,  w. 

Ola  Martin (    Earl,  d. 

New  Albany,  Indiana.  '(    Guy. 

Clarence,  w. 

MarySillings (    Artie. 

Edwardsville,  Indiana    j   Clement,  1903. 

Edgar,  \v. 
Minnie  O.  Richert, 
Utan,  Indiana. 

Noah  F.     At  home. 

Pearl,  h. 
Will  Ford, 
I.,anesville,  Indiana. 

Herbert,  w. 
Stella  Knittle. 

Dallas. 

Cleveland. 
Charles. 
Oath  Alonzo. 


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WILLIAM  J.  NANCE— Continued. 


TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS.  KKriT. 

(  .\lhcrta 
1  Charles 
(,  Curtis. 


Eiiinia.  h. 

Mack  Guiin 

Lancsville,  Indiana 


Cora,  h.  (  Alberta. 

Grant  Bowman -;   Charles. 


Garfield. 
Laura  Belle. 


Frank,  w.  f  Wallace. 

Sallie  Kepley,  d J    Richard. 

Chalmers,  Indiana.  )    Phoebe,  h. 


Drake. 


Charles. 

La  Fayette,  w.,  d.  Jas.  Dallas,  w. 

Addie  Riley,  d H    Catharine  Yost (   ,.  .»,,,.     ^ 

I       New  Albany,  Indiana.    |   l'-"""^'"  Chester. 

l^  Harry. 
Annie,  h.,  d. 
John  W.  Fowler,  d j    ^^  i.ssue. 


Hattie,  h.,  d. 

Ro.scoe  Keith ( 


Charles,  w. 

Liiinie  Stnith 

Edwardsville,  Indiana    j    Maud. 

Herbert. 


Samuel. 
Maud. 
Herber 
I    Ivuella. 


O.scar. 


James  Harvey  Nance,  twig  above,  was  born  in  Floyd  county, 
about  1827.  When  a  young  man  he  came  to  Illinois,  Whiteside 
county,  and  purchased  a  farm.  Next  year,  he  married  in  his  native 
county,  and  came  at  once  to  the  farm.  Here  he  resided  through 
life,  himself  and  wife  dying  a  few  years  since,  loved  and  respected 
by  all  who  knew  them.  They  were  ever  faithful,  earnest  Christ- 
ians, members  of  the  Christian  church,  as  also  are  their  children. 

John  Nance,  twig  above,  is  a  farmer  and  Iruit  grower,  adjoin- 
ing the  old  homestead.  He  is  one  of  the  most  intelligent  fruit 
growers  with  whom  I  have  conversed.  He  and  family  are  also 
members  of  the  Christian  church. 

Alonzo  Clement  Nance,  twig  above,  is  also  a  farmer  and  fruit 
grower,  on  the  old  homestead.  He  and  family  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

Charles  Nance,  twig  above,  is  a  farmer,  residing  on  and  own- 
ing the  homestead  of  our  grandfather,  and  also  owner  of  most  of 
the  farm  of  his  father.     This  family  are  also  Methodists. 

MosiAS  Nance — Branch  Three. 

Mosias  Nance,  junior,  was  born  April  3,  1807.  He  married 
Catharine  Chamberlain,  January  10,  1828,  in  Floyd  county, 
Clement  Nance  performing  the  ceremony.  They  moved  to 
Whiteside  county,  Illinois,  in  the  early  30's,  where  he  died  before 
many  years.     Two  children  were  born  to  this  union,  one  dying  in 


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infancy.     The  mother  returned  with  her  son  to  Floyd  county, 
Indiana.     The  son  is  named  below  as  twig. 

In  1853,  Elder  John  Yager,  a  prominent  preacher  and  elder  in 
the  Christian  church  in  Northern  Illinois  for  over  a  half  century, 
went  to  Indiana,  married  the  widow,  and  brought  her  back  to 
Whiteside  county,  Illinois,  where  she  lived  happily  until  1863, 
when  she  passed  away,  mourned  by  all  who  knew  her.  "  Aunt 
Kate  "  was  one  of  the  brightest  conversationalists  the  author  has 
ever  known.  Whether  defending  the  faith  of  the  Christian 
church  or  the  democratic  party,  she  was  more  than  a  match  for 
anyone  she  ever  met. 


TWIGS. 


Francis  Marion,  vv.,  1829- 

1901, 
Isahinda  Stanley 

Harlan.  Iowa. 


RUDS. 
Kmnia  I).,  h.,  1861-1883 
J.  V.  Brazie 


FRUIT. 


BI.OSSOMS. 

f  Ravniond  Ward,  d. 
J       a't  1(5. 

I  Adda,  d. 

[  Fred  E. 
I.,ncy,  h. 

Edgar  Bagley j  I.,ynden  Harold. 

/  Kn.s.sell  Orau. 
Katharine,  h. 
Rev.  W.  A.  Moore. 

Sarali,  h. 
i    Clifton  G.  Warren. 

Francis  INI  a  r  i  o  n 
Nance  wa.s  l)orM  in 
New  Albany,  Indiana, 
June  2  1 ,  1829.  In  his 
young  manhood  he 
was  engaged  in  the 
river  trade,  being  en- 
gineer on  various 
boats  plying  between 
New  Orleans  and  St. 
Louis,  and  up  the 
Ohio  to  Louisville. 
These  were  years 
when  steamboating 
was  in  its  palmiest 
days.  During  "low 
water,"  in  summer,  he 
would  come  to  Illinois, 
Whiteside  county,  Genesee  Grove  township,  now  Coleta,  to  see 
his  mother.  These  visits  were  seasons  of  pleasure  to  the  younger 
of  the  kin  who  loved  Cousin  Frank  and  his  river  stories.  It  was 
during  these  visits  that  he  met  Miss  Isabinda  Stanley,  the  recog- 
nized belle  of  the  township,  whom  he  married,  September  29, 


M.    NANCE 
Twig. 


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63 


1857.  He  left  the  river  at  once,  and  settled  on  a  farm  he  had 
purchased  in  the  vicinity.  Here  they  lived  until  1864,  when  they 
moved  to  Washington  county,  Iowa.  In  1872  they  settled  at 
Harlan,  Iowa,  where  he  became  a  large  land  owner. 

He  died  at  home,  September  i,  igor,  of  paralysis,  aged 
seventy-two  years.  Seven  daughters  were  given  to  this  delight- 
ful couple,  but  three  were  taken  in  infancy,  and  one  at  the  age  of 


MRS.    ISABINDA   STANLEY-NANCl-; 
Wife  of  K.  M.  Nance.' 

twenty-two.    Those  growing  to  maturity  are  named  above  as  buds. 

Mrs.  Isabinda  Nance  has  always  been  a  great  worker  in  church 
and  Sunday  school.  She  was  Sunday  school  superintendent  for 
many  years.  She  continues  to  reside  at  Harlan,  where  they 
spent  the  last  thirty  years  of  their  married  life.  Her  life  is  a 
benediction  to  any  church  or  community  in  which  she  lives. 

One  daughter,  "Kittie,"  has  done  considerable  work  as  sing- 
ing evangelist.  She  is  said  to  be  a  very  fine  singer.  She  is  the 
wife  of  W.  A.  Moore,  a  sketch  of  whose  life,  see  below. 


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They  are  all  members  of  the  Christian  church,  and  reside  at 
Harlan,  Iowa, 

William  Atwell  Moore,  named  above,  was  married  to  Miss 
Katharine  Nance,  at  Harlan,  Iowa,  April  23,  1895.  Not  having 
a  personal  acquaintance  with  Mr.  Moore,  I  will  allow  Our  Yowig 
Folks,  of  St.  Ivouis,  in  its  issue  of  June  6,  1900,  to  speak  of  him  : 


MRS.    LUCY   NANCE-BAGLEY 
Bud. 


William  A.  Moore  is  the  popular  pastor  of  Hammett  Place,  which  is  one 
of  the  most  promising  Christian  churches  in  St.  Louis.  Of  course  he  was 
reared  in  the  country — almost  all  our  best  preachers  were.  He  was  born 
near  Coon  Rapids,  Guthrie  county,  Iowa,  July  24,  1869.  The  life  of  a 
country  lad,  with  its  close  contact  with  health  giving,  invigorating  nature, 
built  for  him  a  splendid  robust  frame,  which  entitles  him  to  be  called  a 
large,  strong,  and  well  proportioned  man.  lie  graduated  at  the  Guthrie 
County  High  School.     He  then  entered  Drake  University.     After  graduation 


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65 


he  taught  school  at  his  okl  home  for  one  year,  preaching  on  I^onl's  days  in 
the  same  school  house. 

In  1893,  he  began  pioneer  work  for  our  cause,  at  Lewis,  Cass  county, 
Iowa.  Here  he  labored  for  four  years.  When  he  began,  we  had  neither 
congregation  nor  building ;  when  he  finished  his  work  we  had  a  first-class 
article  of  each. 

********* 

In  1897,  he  received  an  urgent  call  to  the  large  and  active  church  at 
Webster  City,  Iowa.  This  he  accepted,  very  nuich  against  the  wishes  of  the 
church  of  his  planting  at  Lewis.  *         *         *  Under  his  direction  the 

work  at  Webster  City 
grew  rapidly  in  all  the 
essentials  of  a  really  s])irit- 
u  a  1  organization,  the 
church  and  Bible  school 
becoming  the  leading  ones 
of  the  city,  and  second  to 
but  few  in  the  state  of 
Iowa,  outside  of  Des 
Moines.  Brother  Moore 
has  never  forgotten  that 
he  was  a  boy  (perhaps  it 
would  be  more  correct  to 
say  is  a  boy),  and  his 
sympathy  with,  as  well  as 
his  labors  for,  the  boys, 
have  made  him  well 
known  in  his  native  state. 
In  June,  189S,  he  was 
elected  brigadier-general 
of  the  Bo3's'  Brigade  in 
Iowa.  His  earnest  work 
and  intelligent  methods 
in  the  Bible  school,  won 
for  him  the  distinction  of 
State  Superintendent  of 
Bible  School  Work  in 
1899.  Both  of  these  posi- 
tions,   as  well    as  that  of 

the  beloved  pastor  of  the  splendid  church  at  Webster  City,  he  surrendere<l 
to  take  up  the  work  at  Hammett  Place  Church,  St.  Louis,  Mis.souri,  January 
I,  1900.  The  inducements  held  out  to  him  to  make  this  change,  were  not  a 
finer  church  building,  a  larger  congregation,  a  better  salary,  or  greater  honors, 
but  simply  a  more  needy  field.  It  took  the  congregation  at  Welister  City  six 
months  to  "  let  go  "  of  him. 

The  same  paper  of  March  25,  1903,  has  this  additional  to  say: 
(A  small  portion  of  the  article  is  all  I  have  room  for. ) 

On  the  first  page  of  this  issue  we  reproduce  a  picture  of  W.  .\.  :\Ioorc, 
of  St,  Louis,  who  has  just   resigned  the  pastorate  of   the  Ilaniinett   Place 


MRS.    CATHARINK   NANCE-MOORK 
Bud. 


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Church,  after  an  incunibancy  of  over  three  years.  He  leaves  to  accept  the 
position  of  General  Kvangelist,  or  Associate  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
Missouri  Christian  Sunday  School  Association,  a  position  for  which  he  is 
admirably  fatted.  His  ministry  at  Hammett  Place  has  been  eminently  suc- 
cessful, and  his  departure  is  lamented  by  every  man,  woman  and  child  in 
the  church  and  Sunday  school,  but  he  conscientiously  felt  that  it  was  a 
Divine  call  to  what  may  prove  to  be  a  larger  and  more  fruitful  field. 
********* 


MRS.    SARAH   NANCE-WARRKN 
3!ud. 


On  Mondaj-  evening,  March  2,  an  audience  that  taxed  the  church  build- 
ing to  its  utmost  capacit}-,  gathered  for  a  parting  meeting.  In  addition  to 
the  members  of  the  church,  school,  and  society,  representatives  were  present 
from  several  other  churches  of  the  city.  There  was  a  brief  program  of 
prayers,  songs,  and  testimonials.  The  chairman  spoke  in  behalf  of  the 
ofHcial  board  of  the  chvirch  ;  the  superintendents  of  the  two  Sunday  schools 
for  their  constituancies  ;  their  president  for  the  Endeavor  society,  and  the 
president  of  the  Christian  Woman's  Board  of  Missions  for  that  organization, 


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67 


all  testifying  of  the  great  service  the  pastor  had  rendered  in  their  respective 
fieUls  of  labor,  and  expressing  the  regret  of  all  at  his  departure.  The  chair- 
man of  the  Christian  IMinisterial  Association,  of  the  citv,  was  present,  and 
testified  of  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  among  his  ministerial 
brethren. 

We  have  sel- 
dom, if  ever, 
known  a  case  in 
which  the  rela- 
tionshipexisting 
between  a  pastor 
and  his  people 
was  so  cordial. 
It  will  require  a 
large  man  in 
more  senses  than 
one,  to  fill  the 
place  which  his 
departure  leaves 
vacant. 

Theauthor 
wishes  to  call 
special  atten- 
tion to  this 
family,  noting 
that  not  only 
is  every  de- 
scendant o  f 
Uncle  Mosias 
named,  but 
also  the  like- 
ness of  every 
one  living  is 
given.  "Aunt 
Kate "  was 
h  i  s  dearest 
aunt,     and 

Frank  a  little  the  nearest  cousin  in  affection.  Besides,  his  wife 
was  a  member  of  the  leading  family  in  the  church  and  comnmnity, 
and  her  brother,  Ellis,  now  Elder  E.  J.  Stanley,  of  Champaign, 
Illinois,  has,  from  childhood,  been  the  best  life-long  bosom  com- 
panion and  chum  he  has  ever  had. 


FRED   E.    BRAZIE 
Blossom. 


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I^YNDEN   AND   RUSSELI,    BAGLEY 

Blossoms. 


Nancy  May  Nance — Branch  Four. 

Nancy  May  Nance  was  born  November  i6,  1809.  Married 
James  Hancock,  September  17,  1826,  by  Clement  Nance.  Died 
February  2,  1832.  She  lived  all  her  life  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana. 
One  child  was  born  to  this  union,  named  below  as  twig: 


TWIGvS. 


Isabelle,  h.,  1830-1871 
Charles  W.  Russell,  d.  .. 
She  was  born  November 
14,  18:W.  Married  May 
30,  1849.  Moved  to 
Woodford  county,  Illi- 
nois, near  Secor,  in 
185.1,  and  lived  near 
there  until  she  died. 
December  1.5,  1891. 
Was  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church,  and 
died  in  the  faith.  She 
was  the  mother  of  ten 
children,  eight  of 
whom  surs'ive  her. 


BUDS. 

I^afavette,  single. 
Normal,  Illinois. 

Har\ey,  w.,  1851-1904 

Bettie  McCone 

Bristol,  Illinois. 


William,  w. 
Margaret  Gasney  . 
Butler,  Missouri. 


Maria  Abigail,  h. 
Manor  .... 


Nancy  May,  h. 

Al.   Bolin 

Normal,  Illinois. 

Ilawlev,  w. 

Belle  Rads 

Hanna  City,  Illinois. 

Charles  I,ee.  single. 

Isabelle,  h.,  1865 

Chas.  Stevens 

Secor,  Illiiioi.s. 


BI.OS.SOMS. 


J   Alberta  May. 
I    Roy. 

Edith. 

Clarence  R. 

Retser. 

Edna. 

Nina. 

Fay. 


FRUIT. 


I   No  : 


(    Bertha. 
t   I<eota. 


No  issue. 


Charles  Jessie. 
Lester  Lee. 
Anna  Leah. 


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69 


Mary  (Polly)  |  ^Hf^"-  ]  Branch  Five. 

Mary  (Polly)  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  August 
I,  18 1 2.  She  was  married  to  Anthony  Russell,  June  3,  1830. 
By  him  she  had  three  children,  when  she  was  left  a  widow.  On 
June  16,  1836,  she  married  Joseph  Routh,  by  whom  she  had  five 
children.  These  eight  children  are  named  below  as  twigs.  Aunt 
"Pop"  passed  away  December  30,  1876,  in  the  township  where 
she  was  born,  and  in  which  she  had  lived  nearly  all  her  life. 


TWIGS. 


WiUiam  N..  w. 

Martha  A.  Sinex 

Xew  Albany.   Indiana. 


Charles,  h. 

Eliza  Mann 

West  Baden,  Indiana. 

Nancy  May,  h. 

John  Harbison 

New  Albany,  Indiana. 


Mosias  N.  Routh,  w.,  d. 
Nancy  A.  Kirk,  d 


Margaret,  h.,  d. 
Jas.  W   Twoniey.  d. 


2nd  w.  Phil.  R.  .Smith,  d. 


Henry  H.,  w. 
Amanda  Fitch. . . . 
Salem,  Indiana. 


L 


Theodore  F.,  w. 
Amanda  Reunbley  — 
L,anesville,  Indiana. 


BI'DS.  BI,OSSOMS. 

Mary  F.,  h.  ( 

C.  J.' Frederick -,    Randall  J. 

New  Albany,  Indiana.    ( 

William  A.,  w.  (  1. 

Effie  Armstrong -    2. 

New  Albany,  Indiana.    (  3. 

Martha  May,  h.  (   Horace. 

Jno,  B.  Sweeney -•    William  C. 

Denyer.  Colorado.  (   Sarah  Fern. 

John  L.    Single,  at  home 

William. 

Belle,  h. 

-— -  Harmon  .   \  ^  children. 

2nd  h. Jackson.         ( 

No  issue. 

Mary  E.,  h.  (  Georgie. 

C.  Trotter -,    Flora. 

Titus,  Indiana.  (  Jes.sie. 

William  J.,  w, 

Anna  Fla.sley j   j  q,]^ 

.St.  Louis,  Mis.souri.  (,     ' 

Joseph  E.,  w.  (   Walter. 

Mattie  Duncan !    Mary  G. 

Louisville,  Kentucky.      |    Evan. 
[  James. 
Edward  T., 

Cloyerdale.  Indiana. 
Charles, 

Cloyerdale,  Indiana. 

Effie  P..  h. 

Geo.  McCarty j   ,stella  .Mice 

Jeffer.sonyille,  Indiana   ( 

Bertha  May,  h. 

Wm.  Ellis6n j   Chas.  Homer. 

Jeffersonville,  Indiana    /    F:thel. 

Virgie  C,  h. 
Geo.  Murphy, 
Jeffersonville,  Indiana 

William  H.,  w.,  1864-1894 
Nellie  Bowman, 

Eugene  ,S. 

Mary  A.,  h.  f  "'^'''T'IV 

Geo'  M.  Harritt I    Kthel  May. 

Lane.sville,  Indiana.         j    William. 

Ruth. 


I'RIIT. 


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MARY  (  POLLY)  [  Kof^?!^^  ^  Continued. 


J 


TWIGS. 


BUDS. 


BLOSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


Theodore  F.,  w. 

Amanda  Reimbley 

Lanesville,  Iiuliaiia. 


Eperva,  h.,  d. 
Thos.  K.  Bii.sby,  d. 


2nd   h.    Cha.'i.    T.    .Stock- 
dale 


John  H.,  w. 

Rella  Beard j   Kdna  Minnie. 

Lane.sville,  Indiana.        j   Newman  L.,  d. 

Minnie  May,  h. 
John  Budd. 

New  Albany,  Indiana. 

Mary  C.h. 

"ttrO-Hindmarch.. s    ^^isy  ju„e. 

New  Albany,  Indiana,    i  -'  -' 

Charles  T.,  w.,  d. 

Mary  Grainger J    Harry  H. 

John  B.,  w. 
I.ena  Bnrgh. 


William  Harry  Roiith,  bud  above,  was  born  in  New  Albany, 
Indiana,  January  8,  1864.  When  eleven  years  of  age,  his  parents 
moved  to  Salem,  Indiana,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his 

years.  He  was  married  in 
1886.  The  following  is 
taken  from  a  local  paper, 
concerning  his  sickness  and 
death.  He  died  October  17, 
1894: 

He  and  his  wife  were  on  a 
short  visit  to  East  St.  Louis, 
when  stricken  with  peritonitis, 
which  took  him  away  in  less 
than  three  weeks. 

If  death  can  be  robbed  of  his 
sting ;  if  the  pathway  to  the 
tomb  can  be  smoothed,  surely 
Harry  Routh  goes  to  his  grave 
in  ' '  wajs  of  peace  and  paths  of 
pleasantness."  He  did  not  fear 
death,  but  met  it  like  a  brave 
soldier.  Often  he  told  his  lov- 
ing friends  he  was  ready  to  die  ; 
that  he  was  leaning  on  the  arms 
of  Jesus,  who  would  safely  con- 
duct him  across  the  dark  sea. 
Pure  in  life,  prepared  for  death, 
the  name  of  Jesus  was  on  his 
lips  to  the  last.  He  had  been  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  for  eight  years.  No  one  could 
view  the  concourse  who  met  at  the  depot,  without  being  deeply  impressed 
with  the  fact  that  Harry  Routh  was  beloved  by  everybody.  The  grief  of  all 
classes  was  universal,  because  a  friend  of  his  race  was  being  borne  away  to 
the  dark  shadows  of  the  grave. 


HENRY   H.    ROUTH 

Twig  above. 

Fnrniture,  Carpet.s,  Mn.sical  Instruments. 

Salem,  Indiana. 


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EuzABETH  Jane  Russell— Branch  Six. 

Elizabeth  Jane  Nance  was  born  June  30,  18 15.  Hawley  Rus- 
sell was  born  February  16,  1808.  They  were  married  February 
22,  1832.  They  lived  all  their  lives  in  Southern  Indiana.  They 
died  in  Floyd  county,  Aunt  "  Bet"  in  October,  1881,  and  Uncle 
Hawley,  April,  1882.  The  author  never  saw  this  couple  after  he 
grew  up,  but  has  always  heard  so  much  about  them  that  they 
seem  like  old  friends. 

Three  children  were  born  to  this  union,  named  below  as  twigs. 
This  family  were  members  of  the  United  Brethren  church. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS.  l-KTrr. 


Margaret,  h.,  d. 
John  W.  Speake. 


Ulys.ses  G.,  w.  (  Je.s.sic. 

Annie  I<.  James ■    Allie  May. 

Pekiii,  Indiana.  {   Artluir  o'.,  Jr. 

Artluir,  w.  , 

Seppie  Well.s -J    Ferrcll. 

Pekin,  Indiana. 


( 


Nancy  May   h                        r  jog   Alonzo,  w.  f  Violet  May. 

Phillip  Pectol,  d J   Hattie  J.  Doiighten )  Corrinne.' 

(      Galena,  Indiana.  1  Ira  A. 

I  Mary  A. 
I   Leiinie  E.,  h. 

2nd  h.  John  ,S.  Norinan. .  -    Jes.se  L.  Schwartz (  . 

Galena,  Indiana.              (       Galena,  Indiana.  (        " 

I    Lilly,  h. 

Francis  M.,  w.  I    Albert  Deich f  ru-,l^  ti-i^ 

CallyCrotts J  ^  Clyde  Dale. 

Bedford,  Indiana.  I    William. 

I    Ella. 

[  Je.s.sie. 

David  Nance — Branch  Seven. 

David  Nance  was  born  in  Franklin  township,  Floyd  county, 
Indiana,  January  i,  1818.  He  died  at  Harvey,  Illinois,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1894.  Julia  Ann  Chamberlain  was  born  in  the  same  town- 
ship, April  22,  1816.  She  died  at  Harvey,  Illinois,  July  8,  1894. 
They  were  married  September  3,  1840,  in  the  township  in  which 
they  were  born. 

In  1847,  they  moved,  with  their  three  children,  to  Whiteside 
county,  Illinois,  which  county  continued  to  be  their  home  most 
of  the  time,  until  1882,  when  they  moved  to  Beadle  county,  vSonth 
Dakota.  In  1891,  they  moved  to  Harvey,  Illinois,  where  they 
remained  during  life,  surrounded  by  all  their  family.  During 
mother's  long  decline,  lasting  nearly  two  years,  father  was  con- 
stantly at  her  side.  He  could  not  be  persuaded  to  leave  her  but  a 
few  minutes  at  a  time.  After  six  months  persuasion,  it  was  only 
the  last  day  of  the  great  World's  Fair,  October  31,  1893,  that  he 
would  leave  her  to  visit  the  fair.  After  listening  daily  for  six 
months  to  the  tales  of  wonderful  sights  to  be  seen  but    twelve 


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miles  away,  when  he  did  go,  lie  was  amazed  at  the  show,  saying 
the  half  had  never  been  told.  It  has  ever  been  a  happy  thought 
of  my  life  that  I  spent  that  whole  day  showing  father  the  sights 
that  I  thought  he  would  most  enjoy.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  father 
saw  more  of  the  real  world  of  progress  that  day  than  all  his  life 
besides. 

After  mother  had  passed  to  the  beyond,  father  had  no  desire 
to  live  any  longer.  He  prayed  earnestly  to  be  released  from 
mortal  clay,  that  he  might  be  with  the  loved  ones  gone  before. 
When  the  summons  came,  he  passed  away  without   an  ache  or 


FATHER   AND   MOTHKR    DAVID    AND   JULIA    A.    NANCE. 


pain,  or  a  moment's  sickness,  in  full  possession  of  all  his  powers 
to  the  very  last  breath. 

Father  was  the  noblest  man  I  ever  knew.  I  never  heard  a 
vulgar,  obscene,  or  profane  word  pass  his  lips.  I  do  not  believe 
the  person  lived  who  ever  spoke  a  word  derogatory  to  the  life  or 
character  of  David  Nance.     O,  that  the  world  had  more  such. 

Mother  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  from  girlhood, 
joining  Park  church,  lower  Third  and  Market  streets,  New 
Albany,  Indiana.  Father  was  a  member  from  about  184S,  and 
was  made  deacon  almost  from  the  first. 


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Of  my  earliest  recollections,  the  sight  of  father  starting  off 
Sunday  mornings  with  a  little  basket  containing  the  loaf  and  cnp, 
for  the  weekly  communiou,  for  a  four  miles'  trip,  often  on  foot, 
fair  or  foul,  is  among  the  most  vivid.  As  a  deacon,  it  was 
father's  duty  to  look  after  the  needy.  Often  have  I  seen  him 
hitch  up  his  ox  team,  place  in  the  wagon  a  ham  of  meat,  a  meas- 
nre  of  meal  or  flour,  a  bushel  of  potatoes,  or  whatever  he  could 
best  spare,  and  start  the  rounds  of  the  farmers,  picking  up  what 
each  could  spare  ;  spending  the  day  thus,  at  night  arriving  at  the 
home  of  the  needy  with  supplies  for  a  month  or  more. 

Eleven  children  came  to  bless  the  home  of  this  worthy  couple, 
three  dying  in  infancy.  Those  growing  up  are  named  below  as 
twigs  : 


TWIGS. 


BUDS. 


BLOSSOMS. 


I-'RIIT. 


C.eorge  W.,  w. 

Cora  B.  Demorest \   Olive  Linola. 

)    David  Demurest,  d. 


James  DaUas,  w. 
Hattie  Wildes.... 


Minerva  Jane,  h. 
Martin  O.  Hurless 

Chicago,    niinois,   1193 

Tripp  avenne. 


(   .\ddie  Bell. 

Julia, 
(      New  All>any,  Indiana. 

Klmer  C. 
Nettie  May. 
Dora  Myrtle. 

Frank  E.,  w. 

Mabel  May  Williams..  .. 

Howard  1^.,  w. 
I^oretta  M.  Brennan. 

I.ester  C. 
Ralph  Jay. 
I  Guy  C. 

Cora,  h. 

Kugene  Noyes 

Green,  Kansas. 


Hazel  Mae. 


.Sarah  Catharine,  h.,  d. 

Wm.  Wallace 

Kingfisher,  Oklahoma 


Margaret  Priscilla,  h. 
Wm.  H.  Nichols,  d.  .  . 


Frank  Pierce,  w. 

Mellie  Smith 

Terre  Haute,  Indiana. 


r  Reuben. 
)   John. 
1    Wallace. 
(  James. 


Oscar,  w.  {   Maud. 

MvrtleJame.s -;    Ralph. 

kingfisher,  Oklahoma   (   Glen. 

Bertha. 
Harrv  1^.,  d. 
KdgaV  J. 
Charles  D. 
L,eo  A. 
I^ula  M.,  d. 

Josiah  David, 
Harvey,  niinois. 

Cora  Kdna. 
Nettie  May. 
James  Grant. 


Freman  Albert,  1855-1903   J    Never  married. 

Arthur  Allison,  w. 
Belle  Baker, 
Colorado  Springs,  Colo 


George  Washington  Nance,  twig  above,  and  author  of  this 
book,  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  September  28,    1842. 


74  The  Nance  Memorial. 

At  the  age  of  four,  his  parents  moved  to  IlHuois,  settling  in  Gene- 
see Grove  township,  Whiteside  county,  where  he  grew  to  man's 
estate,  attending  country  school  in  winter,  and  working  on  farm 
in  summer.  In  1864,  he  enlisted  in  the  140th  regiment  Illinois 
Infantry,  serving  six  months.  He  afterwards  taught  several 
terms  of  school.  In  1866,  he  entered  Eureka  college,  with  the 
ministry  in  view.  Owing  to  eye  troubles,  he  left  college  in  1871, 
before  graduating.  He  at  once  began  a  bu.siness  career,  entering 
the  mercantile  house  of  E.  Brookfield,  at  Coleta,  in  the  township 
in  which  he  was  brought  up.  He  remained  several  years,  until 
Mr.  Brookfield  sold  out  and  removed  to  Rock  Falls,  same  county, 
and  went  into  the  banking  business,  George  going  with  him.  At 
the  death  of  Mr.  Brookfield,  the  business  men  of  Rock  Falls, 
a.sked  George  to  continue  the  banking  business  in  his  own  name, 
but  he  said,  "  I  have  little  capital."  They  had  such  trust  in  his 
honor  and  integrity,  they  told  him  to  open  his  bank  and  commence 
business  on  their  deposits,  which  oflfer  he  accepted,  and  the 
Exchange  Bank,  of  Rock  Falls,  was  the  result. 

In  connection  with  the  banking  business,  he  added  that  of 
fire  insurance  and  real  estate.  He  soon  called  his  brother,  Jas. 
Dallas,  to  his  assistance.  He  prospered  in  business,  and  wealth 
was  in  sight.  In  1882,  (not  knowing  when  he  had  a  good  thing 
— Author),  he  sold  his  banking  interest,  and  with  a  friend,  opened 
the  Bank  of  Huron,  Huron,  South  Dakota.  This  prospered  for 
a  time,  but  reverses  came,  and  he  was  financially  ruined.  Four 
years  of  farming  on  the  Dakota  plains,  followed,  with  little  results. 
In  1888,  he  returned  to  Illinois,  settling  his  family  in  Elgin. 
After  a  year  he  opened  a  business  in  the  new  town  of  Harvey,  a 
suburb  of  Chicago.  Here  he  dealt  in  real  estate,  lumber,  coal,  and 
building  material,  until  September,  1899,  when  he  settled  in 
Bloomington,  and  began  the  practice  of  optics,  having  previously 
graduated  from  the  Chicago  Opthalmic  College.  He  subse- 
quently took  a  course  in  the  National  College  of  Optics,  receiving 
the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Optics. 

George  became  a  Christian  in  1861,  at  the  age  of  eighteen, 
uniting  with  the  Christian  church,  Lexington,  Illinois.  In  his 
Christian  life  he  has  ever  been  faithful  and  consistent.  In  the 
organization  of  the  church  at  Sterling,  Illinois,  he  took  a  leading 
part,  and  became  a  member  of  the  first  Board  of  Elders.  In 
.settling  at  Elgin,  he  was  instrumental,  with  his  wife,  in  organiz- 
ing the  church,  the  first  meetings  being  held  in  their  parlors.     He 


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was  their  elder  from  the  first.  He  also  assisted  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  church  at  Harvey,  although  at  the  time  holding  mem- 
bership at  Elgin.     He  subsequently  became  elder  at  Harvey. 

He   and  family    are  now    members  of   the  Second  church  at 
Bloomington,  a  congregation  recently  established,  but  one  with 
an   envyable 
reputation     al- 
ready,   for    ag-  X 
gressive     work                     y 
andaccom-                  / 
plishment. 

George  was 
married  to  Miss 
CoraB.  Demor- 
est,  at  Aurora, 
Illinois,     Octo- 
ber   22,     1879,       I 
President       H.       1 
W.  Everest,  of       i 
Eureka  college,       i 
performing  the 
ceremony. 

While  a  res- 
ident of  Har- 
vey ,  Brother 
George  served 
two  terms  as 
member  of  the 
city  council, 
elected  on  the 
anti-license 
ticket. 

The  forego- 
ing tribute  was 

written  by  Brother  James  Dallas,  the  author  using  his  prerogative, 
in  cutting  out  some  too  eulogistic  matter. 

He  wishes  to  mention  just  three  things  in  his  life  not  treated 
elsewhere,  that  have  contributed  no  little  to  the  happy,  and  not 
entirely  worthless,  life  he  has  been  permitted  to  live. 

First.  His  four  years  spent  in  Eureka  college.  To  breathe  the 
atmosphere,  spiritual  atmosphere,  of  Eureka  is,  to  a  soul  longmg 


OtlVE   LINOI.A   NANCE 

Bud. 

Student  in  the  Weslcyan  College  of  Music, 

Bloomington,  Illinois. 


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for  a  higher  and  holier  life,  what  the  salt  ladeu  sea  breeze  is  to 
the  physical  man— invigorating,  life  preserving.  Besides  the 
associations  formed  in  those  years,  and  in  the  many,  many  returns 
to  Alma  Mater,  have  made  him  intimate  with  many  of  the  most 
prominent  ministers,  writers,  and  workers  in  the  church  through- 


MRS.    CORA    DEMORRST   NANCE. 


out  the  English  speaking  world,  to  say  nothing  of  the  mission- 
aries throughout  heathendom.  These  a.ssociations  have  made  the 
literature  of  the  church  doubly  interesting  and  helpful. 

Second.   From  the  fact  that  he  has  spent  nearlj'  all  of  his  life  in 
new,  weak,  and  small  churches,  he  has  been  thrown  almost  con- 


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stantly  with  young  people,  as  they  always  predominate  in  such 
churches.  He  has  never  been  in  a  church  where  the  young 
people  have  not  counted  him  as  one  of  their  number.  Kven  since 
coming  to  Bloomington,  four  years  ago,  he  has  served  two  years 
as  president  of  the  Young  People's  Society  of  Christian  Endeavor, 
composed  almost  entirely  of  the  young  people  of  the  church. 
This  is  a  favor  that  any  person  with  the  frost  of  sixty  winters  on 
his  locks  should  appreciate. 

Third.  The  greatest  event  that  has  ever  happened  to  the 
author,  was  the  leading  to  the  hymeneal  altar  the  lady  who  there 
became  his  bride.  She  was  born  and  reared  in  Canada,  but  edu- 
cated in  Aurora,  Illinois.  She  is  a  member  of  an  old  and  promi- 
nent Huguenot  family.  Her  father,  David  L.  Demorest,  spent 
fifty-five  years  tracing  the  genealogy  of  his  family  and  that  of  his 
wife.  His  tree,  in  real  tree  form,  contains  twenty  thonsand 
names,  and  covers  eleven  generations.  But  for  his  persistence, 
the  author  should  never  have  known  or  cared  much  for  his  family 
history. 

The  family  were,  and  are,  prominent  in  Methodism.  Her 
twin  sister,  Mrs.  L.  C.  Burling,  with  her  husband  and  two  sons, 
served  time  in  Africa  on  the  Congo,  in  a  self  supporting  mission 
under  Bishop  Taylor.  They  returned  in  time  to  save  their  lives. 
He  is  now  Presiding  Polder  over  the  Freeport  District  of  the  Rock 
River  Conference.  It  might  be  considered  presumption  for  the 
author  to  say  that  he  taught  Mrs.  Nance  "the  way  of  the  more 
perfectly."  Be  that  as  it  may,  she  was  the  first  to  "stir  the 
waters  of  baptism"  in  the  new  church  at  Sterling,  a  few  months 
after  the  nuptials. 

James  Dallas  Nance,  twig  above,  was  born  in  the  same  town- 
.ship  as  his  father  and  mother,  October  18,  1844.  Father  being  a 
democrat,  named  his  new  arrival  for  President  and  Vice-President 
Polk  and  Dallas,  who  were  elected  two  weeks  after  his  birth. 
Dallas  received  a  good  country  school  education,  chiefly  in  Gene- 
see township,  Whiteside  county,  Illinois.  About  the  time  he  was 
grown,  he  went  to  Sterling,  same  county,  to  begin  a  business 
career.  He  spent  some  time  in  a  hotel  olhce.  Afterwards  he 
became  a  Singer  sewing  machine  agent,  which  position  he  held  a 
number  of  years.  He  quit  this  to  accept  a  position  in  the  bank 
of  the  author,  as  bookkeeper  and  assistant  cashier,  in  Rock  Falls, 
Illinois.  In  1883,  he  moved  to  Huron.  South  Dakota,  and  took 
the  same  position  in  the  Bank  of  Huron.     From  this  he  farmed  a 


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few  years  in  South  Dakota  until  starved  out  by  the  drought.  He 
then,  iu  1888,  moved  to  New  Albany,  Indiana.  Most  of  the  time 
since  then  he  has  been  in  the  employ  of  A.  J.  Ross  &  Son,  gro- 
cers, Louisville,  Kentucky,  as  bookkeeper.     He  has  ever  been  a 

faithful  employe,  and 
always  deserved  a 
better  salary  than 
he  has  received. 
Brother  Dallas,  or 
"Dal,"  asheisnearly 
always  called  in  the 
family,  became  a 
Christian  at  the  age 
of  sixteen,  uniting 
with  the  Christian 
church  at  LfCxington, 
Illinois.  It  is  not 
too  much  to  say  he 
has  been  a  faithful 
Christian  ever  since 
making  confession  of 
his  faith.  The  first 
meetings  looking  to 
the  establishing  of  a 
Christian  church  in 
Sterling,  were  held 
in  his  home,  himself 
and  wife  and  the 
author  being  three  of  the  seven  taking  part.  To  us  was  left  the 
selection  of  an  evangelist  to  hold  the  meeting.  We  made  selec- 
tion of  Knowles  Shaw,  the  "singing  evangelist."  The  strong 
Sterling  church  is  the  result.  In  1870,  Brother  Dallas  visited  the 
place  of  his  birth,  and  while  there,  met,  and  was  captured,  by 
Miss  Hattie  Wildes,   of  Louisville,  Kentucky.     He  returned    in 

1874,  and  they  were  married  by  the  celebrated  Dr. Hopson. 

Two  girls  were  born  to  this  union.  Their  mother  has  been  an 
invalid  for  some  years,  the  girls  remaining  at  home  to  care  for 
her.  Dallas  and  family  are  members  of  the  Park  Christian 
church,  New  Albany,  where  our  mother  was  a  member  more  than 
sixty-five  years  ago.  Dallas  is  one  of  the  deacons  of  Park  church. 
He  held  the  same  office  in  the  church  at  Sterling. 


JAMES    DAI^LAS    NANCE 
Twig. 


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Margaret  P.  Wolf — Branch  Eight. 

Margaret  Perkins  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana, 
June  26,  1 82 1.  Hamilton  Wolf,  M.  D.,  was  born  March  30,  18 ig. 
They  were  married  September  19,  1839.  The  doctor  was  surgeon 
in  the  Union  army  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion.  They  lived  many 
years  at  Washington,  Indiana,  where  the  doctor  had  a  large  and 
lucrative  practice.  The  last  few  years  they  have  been  making 
their  home  in  New  Albany,  with  their  daughter,  Versalia  Palmer. 
"Uncle  Ham  "  is  as  jovial  an  old  gentleman  as  one  will  often  see. 
He  is  as  full  of  pranks  as  a  young  kitten.  "Aunt  Ped  "  is  one  of 
the  happiest  old  ladies  I  have  ever  met.  She  is  just  like  my 
father,  and  they  say,  like  their  father. 

They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  those  growing  to 
maturity  being  named  below  as  twigs. 

Aunt  has  been  a  Christian  most  of  her  life,  a  member  of  the 
United  Brethren  church.  I  will  close  this  sketch  with  the  recital 
of  a  very  rare  event  as  related  in  the  Louisville  Herald,  Saturday, 
September  19,  1903.  The  article  was  accompanied  by  very  fair 
likenesses  of  the  dear  old  couple  : 

An  event  seldom  ever  witnessed  in  any  community,  a  sixty-fourth  wed- 
ding anniversary,  will  be  celebrated  to-day  in  New  Albany  by  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Hamilton  Wolf.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wolf  were  married  September  19,  1S39,  at 
the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mosias  Nance,  near  Lanes- 
ville,  eight  miles  west  of  New  Albany.  Both  the  bride  and  the  groom  came 
from  sturdy  pioneer  Floyd  count}-  stock,  who  had  come  west  to  make  a 
home  for  themselves  and  their  children.  The  parents  of  Mrs.  Wolf  were 
from  Virginia,  and  the  parents  of  Dr.  Wolf  were  Pennsylvanians. 

A  few  years  after  their  marriage  they  moved  to  Washington,  Indiana, 
where,  for  more  than  lifty  years,  Dr.  Wolf  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine. Eight  years  ago  they  returned  to*  New  Albany  to  make  their  home 
with  their  daughter,  Mrs.  Vensalia  Palmer,  at  523  Vincennes  street,  where 
the  anniversary  will  be  held  to-day.  It  will  be  in  the  nature  of  a  .surprise  to 
the  aged  couple.  Dr.  Wolf  is  eighty-four  years  of  age  and  his  wife  is  eighty- 
two. 

Dr.  Wolf  is  a  graduate  of  the  Kentucky  School  of  Medicine,  and  the 
Medical  Department  of  the  University  of  Kentucky.  He  obtained  diplomas 
from  both  of  these  schools  sixty  years  ago.  He  is  h\  no  means  a  back  num- 
ber in  the  practice  of  medicine,  but  keeps  abreast  of  the  times,  and  reatls  the 
late  medical  journals  with  deep  interest.  Despite  the  weight  of  years,  he 
walks  erect,  and  his  mind  is  as  clear  as  the  average  man  of  sixty.  Time  has 
also  dealt  gently  with  Mrs.  Wolf.  Her  eighty-two  years  have  made  few 
wrinkles,  and  her  hair  is  not  as  gray  as  most  women  of  .sixty.  She  possesses 
an  amiable  disposition,  culture,  and  refinement.  She  numbers  among  her 
friends  many  young  folks. 


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The  author  and  his  daughter  were  in  New  Albany  at  the  time, 
and  of  course,  were  at  the  anniversary.  There  were  nearly  one 
hundred  guests,  two  daughters,  "Neva"  and"Iyora,"  coming 
from  Washington,  Indiana,  and  a  granddaughter,  Etta  Hunter, 
from  Houston,  Texas.  Aside  from  the  venerable  couple,  but  one 
person  is  believed  to  be  living  who  was  at  the  wedding,  Dr.  H.  S. 
Wolf,  of  New  Albany,  and  he  was  present  at  the  anniversary. 
He  was  seven  years  of  age  when  at  the  wedding. 

BUDS.  Bl,OSSOMS.  FRUIT. 


TWIGS. 

Ver.salia,  li. 
Sardis  K.  Cha.se,  d 


2iid  h.  Jiio.  J.  Palmer,  d. 
New  Albany,  Indiana. 


Alce.sta  A.,  h. 
Ja.s.  A.  Dale  . 


Veneva  E.,  h. 

Ja.s.  Steven.s,  d 

Wa.shington,    Indiana. 


Emma  J.,  h. 
Geo.  K.  Dale,  d. 


Treat,  d. 


2nd  h.  - 
3rd  li.  Good  wine. 
Wellinj>;ton,  Illinois. 

Marv  Ella,  h. 

Wm'  G.  Allen,  d 


;  Geo.  D.  Hnnter, 
(       Honston,  Te.xa.s. 

(   Je.sse  H.  Palmer, 

I       New  Albany,  Indiana. 

William  II. 

I.illie,  h. 
Tho.s.  lyawson. 

Jame.s  A. 

Dennie,  li. 

p;.  W.  Steen 

Auburn,  Illinoi.s. 

Dora,  h.,  d. 
,_  Wilbert  Choate. 

f  Charles. 


Thaddeii.s.  w. 

Alia  Ilurless '  jas.  Thadden.s. 

W'ashinglon,  I>.  C.  ' 


(    I.otus  Mildred. 
(   liunice. 


Ida,  h. 

Calvin  Barnes 

Canton,  Ohio. 

Ilamillou,  w. 
Alma, 
Hartford  City,  Indiana 

I    Robert,  d. 
[  Claude,  d. 


f 


Chester. 


2nd  h.  E.  S.  Fugit,  d. 
New  Albany,  Indiana. 

Abalora  D.,  h. 

Benj.  E.  F'ranklin,  d. 

2nd  h.  .Sam'l  I,.  Hopkins 
Washington,    Indiana. 


^  Enola. 
I   Robert  F. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 


Susan  Nance  Shaw— Limb  Three. 

Susan  Nance  was  born  in  Virginia,  about  17S3.  She  died  in 
Floyd  county,  Indiana,  between  November,  1811,  and  July,  1821. 
She  was  united  in  marriage  with  William  Shaw,  in  Virginia. 
They  removed  to  Mercer  county,  Kentucky,  on  the  Kentucky 
river,  before  the  Nances  left  Virginia,  as  is  shown  by  a  deed 
dated  June  22,  1803,  to  Clement  Nance,  of  Pittsylvania  county, 
Virginia.  On  this  date  the  Shaws  were  residents  of  Mercer 
county,  Kentucky.  Mr.  Shaw  is  said  to  have  been  the  first 
settler  to  die  within  the  present  limits  of  Floyd  county.  This 
may  be  true,  but  it  must  have  been  after  November  11,  iSii,  for 
oil  that  date  he  and  wife  made  deed  to  some  property  situated  in 
Virginia,  showing  residence  in  Floyd  county.  This  couple  died 
j young,  and  no  doubt  are  buried  near  the  home,  but  the  author 
found  no  one  who  could  even  suggest  their  resting  place.  They 
were  the  parents  of  three  children  named  below  as  branches  : 

Mary  Brenham,  Louisa,  and  James  W.  Shaw. 

Mary  Shaw — Branch  One. 

Mary  Shaw  was  born  in  Virginia.  The  date  of  her  birth  is 
not  known,  but  it  must  have  been  about  1797.  She  was  married 
to  Alpheus  Branham,  January  i,  1815,  by  Patrick  Shields,  judge. 
She  was  named  in  her  grandfather's  will,  one-third  of  her  mother's 
share  of  the  estate  to  be  paid  to  her.  Nothing  further  is  known 
of  her  except  that  she  was  the  mother  of  three  children,  the  name 
of  but  one  can  be  given.     They  are  named  below  as  twigs: 

William  S.  and  two  daughters. 

lyOuivSA  Shaw — Branch  Two. 

Louisa  Shaw  was  born  in  Virginia  about  1799.  Little  is 
known  of  her  except  she  is  named  in  her  grandfather's  will ;  that 
.she  receipted  for  money  from  the  estate  April  27,  1831,  and  that 


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her  funeral  bill  was  paid  by  her  sister,  Mary  Brauham,  and  repaid 
by  the  Clement  Nance  estate  to  her  son,  William  S.  Branham, 
August  7,  1839. 

James  W.  Shaw— Branch  Three. 

James  W.  Shaw  was  born  in  Virginia  in  180 1.  He  was  mar- 
ried March  11,  1824,  to  Mary  Burton,  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana. 
On  February  16,  1829,  he  became  the  owner  of  the  Clement 
Nance,  senior,  homestead,  the  executors  of  the  will,  on  that  date, 
deeding  the  same  to  him.  The  consideration  named  was  $1,200. 
The  Shaw  family  settled  at  Fort  Madison,  Iowa,  in  1845.  This 
has  been  headquarters  for  the  family  to  the  present. 

Ten  children  were  born  to  this  couple,  three  dying  in  infancy. 
The  remaining  seven  are  named  below  as  twigs : 


TWIGS. 


William,  w.,  1825,  d. 
Elizabeth  Boley,  d.. 


BUDS. 

Mary,  h.,  1851 

A.  Wilcox -'   Clare. 

2nd  h.  Klli.s  Reed,  (  Clyde. 

Frankfort,    Kentucky. 


Br,OSSOMS. 
^  Charles,  1880. 


FRUIT. 


Edward,  w.,  1855 

Carrie  Frye f  Latta. 

\  Roy. 


Cora  J.,  h.,  1865 
Robt.  B.  Muir  . . 


Thonia.s,  w.,  1827 
Jennie  Holclan,  d 


( 


Belle,  h.,  18.59 
John  Sliorly, 

Denver,  Colorado. 


(  Robert  B. 

-    Flora. 

(  Fllizabeth. 


1^  Nevada. 

(  Janie.s  F.  1855. 


Nancy,  h.,  1829 

Henry  Jone.s,  d -J   Edward. 

(  Albert. 
Elizabeth  h.,  1832 
Gross  Edson. 


Pleasant,  w.,  1833 
Mattie  Steward. 

Alzina,  h.,  1836,  d. 


William  Jones ^   Mary  E.,  d 


1 


I.sam  Burton,  w.,  1847 

Mary  J.  Wilson - 

Win.slow,  Washington 


Pearl,  h.,  1876 
John  K.  L,ytle, 

Winslow,  Wa.shington 

Verl.  1889. 


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CHAPTER   V. 


Mary  Nance-Shields— Limb  Four. 

Mary  Nance  was  born  in  Virginia,  near  the  Natural  Bridge, 
January  6,  1781.  Patrick  Henry  Shields  was  born  in  York 
county,  Virginia,  May  16,  1773.  They  were  married  December 
6,  1798,  by  James  Reed, 
minister  of  the  gospel.  In 
accordance  with  his  father's 
will,  Mr.  Shields  was  edu- 
cated for  the  legal  profes- 
sion, at  Hampden,  Sidney, 
and  William  and  Mary  col- 
leges. Inheriting  a  large 
tract  of  land  near  Lexing- 
ton, Kentucky,  he  removed 
to  that  state,  in  1801,  but 
found  the  title  to  the  estate 
defective.  In  1805,  they 
removed  to  Indiana  terri- 
tory. They  settled  over 
the  beautiful  "  Silver  Hills" 
or  "Knobs,"  near  where 
Georgetown  now  stands. 
The  mother  was  riding 
horse-back  with  one  child 
behind  and  one  before,  said  : 
"  Patrick,  where  are  you 
going  ?  This  looks  like  the 
jumping  ofif  place."  She 
is  said,  in  history,  to  have 

been  the  first  white  woman  to  cross  the  ' '  knobs. ' '  In  after  years, 
the  mother,  speaking  of  the  emotions  she  felt  in  reaching  the 
summit  of  these  hills,  said  : 


MARY    N.\XCE-SHIKI.nS. 


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I  was  enraptured  with  the  view.  The  Ohio  river  lay  beneath  us,  and  we 
had  a  view  of  it  up  and  down  stream  for  many  miles,  as  it  j^lided  peacefully 
on  its  course,  looking  like  a  broad  ribljon  of  silver.  Oflf  to  the  southeast- 
ward, five  miles,  we  could  see  the  little  town  of  Louisville,  then  regarded  as 
the  most  sickly  and  unpromising  of  all  the  Ohio  river  settlements.  It  was 
evening,  and  the  roar  of  the  falls  floated  to  us  on  the  still  air  with  a  music 
that  filled  my  young  heart  with  sad  but  most  enjoyable  emotions.  I  looked 
away  to  the  southeast,  where  the  Kentucky  hills  reared  their  crowns  like 
movmtain  peaks,  and   then  we  bade  adieu  to  the  charming  landscape,  and 


Picture  of  My  Grandfather  Patrick  Shields. 


By  Joanna  D.  Shirhli  Jl'ai nn. 

No  camera  e'er  lined  his  face. 

His  kindly  eyes,  and  tender  lips. 

No  artist's  pencil  e'er  these  outlines  traced  ; 

Only  a  childish  rememberance  pictures  him. 

Tall,  slender,  and  with  eyes  of  brown, 

A  face  on  which  ne'er  rested  frown. 

In  figure,  slightly  stooped  :     He  stooped  to  all 

The  little  ones,  to  gather  in  his  arms. 

Loving,  beloved — grandfather,  dear  ; 
With  grandma  close  your  heart  within. 
The  two  a  imit,  lives  so  blended. 
Sad  was  the  day  when  yours  was  ended. 

Together  now — no  more  alone. 
Perhaps  you  talk  of  days  agone, 
An<l  from  j-our  home  beyond  the  sky. 
Your  children's  children  you  decry. 

In  reverence  father's  sire  we  hold, 
Man  of  true  principle,  as  good  as  gold, 
Pure,  burnished  bright,  without  alloy, 
Kind  memories  oft  our  thoughts  employ. 


plunged  into  the  forest  to  seek  a  new  home  amid  its  wilds.  I  was  the  first 
white  woman  to  look  upon  this  fair  panarama,  and  as  I  left  its  entrancement 
for  the  wilds  yet  unexplored,  I  felt  that  it  was  my  farewell  to  civilization, 
and  unbidden  tears  filled  my  eyes,  which,  ni}-  husband  discovering,  I  tried 
to  conceal,  and  which  he  gently  wiped  away  and  gave  reassurance  by  kissing 
their  stains  from  my  cheeks. — From  Biographical  Souvenir  of  Indiana. 

Mr.  Shields  was  named  for  the  illustrious  Patrick  Henry,  who 
was  a  neighbor  and  friend  of  the  family. 

Arriving  in  Indiana,  Mr.  Shields  joined  his  class-mate  and  life 


The  Nance  Memorial.  85 


long  friend,  William  Henry  Harrison.  It  is  recorded  of  him  that 
he  fought  gallantly  in  the  battle  of  Tippecanoe.  His  hat  was 
shot  full  of  holes  in  this  battle,  and  was  an  heirloom  in  the 
family  for  many  years.  He  was  commissioned  the  first  judge  of 
Harrison  county,  in  1808.  His  house  was  often  the  headquarters 
of  the  territorial  authorities.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Consti- 
tutional convention  at  Corydon,  in  18 16.  and  filled  judicial  offices 
until  the  time  of  his  death. 

Judge  Shields,  as  one  of  the  founders  of  the  state,  took  an 
active  part  in  reforming  the  territorial  courts,  in  organizing  the 
school  system,  and  in  maintaining  the  Congressional  Ordinance 
of  1787,  which  prohibited  the  indefinite  continuance  of  slavery. 
According  to  family  traditions,  he  was  the  author  of  the  consti- 
tutional article  which  confirmed  Indiana  as  a  free  state.  He  was 
one  of  the  committee  appointed  by  the  governor  to  welcome 
LaFayette,  in  behalf  of  Indiana,  April  25,  1825,  on  his  last  trip 
to  America. 

It  is  said  that  no  man  ever  lived  who  was  more  universally 
beloved  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 

He  lived  in  New  Albany,  the  last  few  years  of  his  life,  a 
gentleman  of  the  old  school,  reading  his  New  Testament,  which 
he  always  carried  with  him,  telling  the  good  things  he  found 
therein. 

Father  Shields  passed  to  his  reward,  June  6,  1848,  at  the  age 
of  sevent5'-five,  mourned  by  the  whole  community. 

In  the  absence  of  the  father  during  the  Indian  troubles,  the 
mother  and  children  were  left  in  the  care  of  Black  Sam,  who 
had  come  with  the  family  from  Virginia.  She  used  to  leave  both 
doors  of  the  cabin  unfastened  so  that  if  the  Indians  came  in  at  one 
door  she  could  grab  her  children  and  skip  out  to  the  woods 
through  the  other.  She  used  to  tell  that  at  one  time  she  did  not 
know  for  three  months  whether  she  was  wife  or  widow.  Mrs. 
Anna  Moore,  of  Spokane,  Washington,  writes  of  Mother  Shields: 

I  well  remem1)er  my  grandniother.  It  was  one  of  my  greatest  pleasures 
to  sit  at  her  feet  on  my  little  stool  and  listen  to  the  Indian  stories  and  the 
hardships  of  her  early  life.  She  was  a  very  proud  little  woman,  always  tell- 
ing me  she  was  an  F.  F.  V.  I  remember  once  a  peddler  came  along  and  she 
wanted  to  buy  a  calico  dress,  and  was  looking  over  his  stock,  trying  to  find 
a  suitable  pattern,  when  he  pulled  out  a  piece,  saying,  "  Here  ('Tranny,  is  a 
piece  I  think  will  suit  you."  Without  saying  a  word  she  walked  into  the 
hou.se  and  closed  the  door.  After  waiting  a  few  moments,  mother  sent  me 
in  to  see  what  was  the  matter.  She  was  knitting  away  as  though  that  was 
all  she  had  to  think  of,  and  when  I  asked  her  if  she  was  going  to  buy  the 


86  The  Nance  Memorial. 

dress,  she  said,  "No,  no  indeed,  did  j-ou  hear  him  call  me  Granny?"  I 
said,  "Yes,  but  that  did  not  hurt."  "Well,  I  guess  I  am  not  everybody's 
granny."  And  she  refused  to  go  out  or  have  any  thing  more  to  say  to  such 
a  rude  person.  She  had  the  broad  Virginia  dialect,  and  often  amused  us  by 
her  peculiar  pronunciation  of  many  words. 

Mrs.  Cornelia  Kingery,  Garden  City,  Kansas,  writes  : 

My  grandmother,  Mary  Shields,  was  a  noble  woman,  a  good  mother,  a    I 
very  dear  grandmother,  and  an  earnest,   consistent  Christian.     She  was  a 
great  reader,  and  when  stricken  with  paralysis,  that  caused  her  death,  was 
found  lying  on  her  bed  apparently  asleep  with  a  good  book  beside  her.     She 
had  laid  down  to  rest  and  to  read,  as  was  her  custom. 

The  mother  survived  her  husband  thirteen  years,  dying  at  the 
age  of  eighty.  She  was  active,  bright,  and  cheerful  to  the  last. 
Father  and  Mother  Shields  were  faithful  Christians  all  their  lives, 
being  Presbyterians,  and  I  believe  all  their  descendants  have 
maintained  the  faith  of  their  parents. 

Eight  children  were  born  to  this  couple,  those  growing  to 
maturity  are  named  below  as  limbs  : 

James  Reed,  Henry  Burnett, 

Clement  Nance,  Dr.  Pleasant  S., 

Greenbury  F.,  died  at  20,        Elizabeth  G.  Kintner, 
Mary  S.  Elliott. 

James  R.  Shields— Branch  One. 

James  Reed  Shields  was  born  in  Virginia,  December  24,  1799, 
coming  with  the  family  to  Indiana  in  1805.  His  father  looked 
after  his  education  as  best  he  could,  until  his  nineteenth  year, 
when  he  began  life  in  New  Albany  as  a  clerk  and  merchant.  For 
nearly  fifty  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  banking  business.  On 
his  retiring  from  business,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five,  the  feeling 
of  the  community  was  expressed  by  the  Daily  Ledger,  in  an  edi- 
torial article  concluding  as  follows  : 

Everybody's  synonym  for  integrity,  purity  in  life,  unaffected  modest}', 
and  a  pattern  of  a  Christian  gentleman,  as  he  is,  he  has  the  pre-eminent 
royal  right  to  rest.  We  trust  his  present  good  health  may  assure  many  A-ears 
to  our  good  citizen,  fellow  townsman,  and  friend.  May  his  declining  sun  be 
a  perpetual  blessing,  and  lighten  all  the  afflictions  natural  to  age  ;  may  he  be 
renewed  in  body,  mind,  and  spirit ;  and  may  he  continue  to  be  honored, 
loved,  and  respected,  as  each  year  shall  be  added,  by  a  still  wider  circle  of 
friends. 

Mr.  Shields  departed  this  life  two  years  after  his  retiring  from 
business,  passing  peacefully  to  his  rest,  October  28,  1876,  being 
almost  seventy-seven  years  of  age.     At  the  announcement  of  his 


The  Nance  Memorial.  87 


death,  the  bankers  of  the  city  were  called  together  at  the  Mer- 
chants' National  Bank,  and  passed  the  following  resolutions  : 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  Alinislity  God  to  remove  from  our  midst  and 
from  the  field  of  earthly  labor,  our  beloved  friend,  J.  R.  Shields,  we,  his 
associates,  deem  it  an  act  of  justice  to  his  memory  to  spread  upon  our  records 
the  expression  of  our  high  respect  and  admiration  for  his  exalted  character. 
Mr.  Shields  w^as  a  man  honored  alike  for  all  the  virtues  of  a  Christian  char- 
acter, and  remarkable  for  the  courtesy  of  a  Christian  gentleman.  He  has 
finished  his  course  upon  earth  and  has  gone  to  his  reward  in  heaven. 

Resolved,  That  this  inadequate  tribute  to  his  memory  be  entered  upon 
the  minutes  of  the  Merchants'  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was  a  director, 
and  a  copy  be  furnished  to  the  bereaved  family,  with  expressions  of  our  sin- 
cere sympathy  in  their  irreparable  loss. 

Resolved,  That  the  officers  and  directors  of  all  the  banks  of  the  city 
attend  the  funeral  in  a  body. 

The  New  Albany  Ledger- Standard  had  this  to  say  : 

His  life's  influence  will  mainly  rest  upon  his  inflexible  honesty,  purity 
of  character,  and  his  good  deeds  of  charity,  which  were  many.  No  one 
but  himself  will  ever  know  all  his  charities,  but  they  were  large  and  more 
numerous  than  the  public  surmise.  He  contributed  his  proportion  to  every 
public  good  ;  was  a  kind  neighbor ;  was  affectionate  and  generous  to  those 
of  his  innnediate  household.  He  was  self-sacrificing  to  the  comforts  of 
others.  He  could  no  more  have  done  a  mean  act  than  he  could  have  com- 
mitted a  crime.  He  was  the  personification  of  peace.  He  was  without 
enemies.  He  was  tenacious  in  his  faith  of  that  marvelous  man  of  Gallilee. 
He  was  a  genuine  Christian.  He  had  fulfilled  every  duty  in  life,  done  his 
work  well,  and  death  to  him  was  a  sweet  and  welcome  messenger.  His 
influence  cannot  pass  away.  Let  us  be  thankful  that  so  good  a  man  has 
lived  for  our  admiration  and  profit. 

Mr.  Shields  became  a  Christian  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  He 
became  a  charter  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church  in  New 
Albany,  in  1818.  He  was  installed  as  ruling  elder  of  the  same 
church  November  18,  1832,  and  held  the  same  position  to  the  end 
of  life.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Hannah  Woodruff,  February  10, 
1824,  Clement  Nance,  performing  the  ceremony.  His  only  child 
was  born  to  this  union,  named  below  as  twig.  His  second  wife 
was  Miss  Lucy  Butler.  I  might  quote  many  more  eulogies  from 
the  Louisville  Courier-Journal,  Louisville  Commercial,  Louisville 
Daily  Evening  Nezvs,  etc.,  etc.,  but  the  above  are  sufficient  to 
show  the  worth  of  the  man. 


TWIGS. 


Charles  W.,  182.") 

1st  w.  Charlotte  Bain,  d. 

2nd  w.  Bessie  Kane. 


BUDS.  BI.OSSOMS.  I-RIIT. 

'  Charles,  d. 
Albert,  d. 
Charlotte,  h.,  d. 
Stockton. 

5!!l%';ockton U^"'^"- 

James.  *■ 

6. 


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"Charles  Woodruff  Shields,  educator,  was  born  in  New  Albanj', 
Indiana,  April  4,  1825  ;  entered  Princeton  as  an  advanced  student, 
and  was  graduated  with  distinction,  in  1844.  After  a  course  of 
four  years'  study  in  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  he  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Brunswick,  New 
Jersey,  in  1848.  In  1849,  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  in  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  and  in  1850,  he  was 
installed  as  pastor  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church,  of  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania. 

"He  had  been  early  imbued  with  a  philosophical  spirit,  and 
published,  in  1 861,  an  elaborate  treatise  entitled,  '  Philosophia 
Ultima,'  in  which  he  expounded  an  academic  scheme  of  irenical 
studies  for  the  conciliation  of  religion  and  science.  His  friends, 
profoundly  impressed  by  this  exposition,  created  for  him,  in 
Princeton,  a  new  professorship  of  the  harmony  of  science  and 
revealed  religion.  This  chair  was  the  first  of  its  kind  in  any 
American  college,  and  at  the  time  of  its  establishment  (1865)  was 
so  novel  in  theory  that  its  utility,  and  even  its  orthodoxy,  were 
questioned,  but  its  usefulness,  as  well  as  its  timeliness,  was  soon 
abundantly  vindicated.  He  was  appointed  professor  of  modern 
history,  in  1871,  but  soon  resigned  this  added  chair,  that  he 
might  not  be  diverted  from  the  aim  of  his  life,  which  he  has  per- 
sued  in  college  lectures,  in  papers  before  the  Philosophical  society 
of  Washington,  in  contributions  to  periodicals,  and  in  elaborate 
published  works. 

"He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  D.  D.  from  Princeton,  in 
1861,  and  that  of  L,L.  D.  from  Columbia  University,  Washington, 
in  1877. 

"Dr.  Shields  has  advocated  the  restoration  of  theology,  as  a 
science  of  religion,  to  its  true  philosophical  position  in  a  univer- 
sity system  of  culture,  as  distinguished  from  the  clerical  or  sec- 
tarian systems  of  education,  and  the  placing  of  philosophy  as  an 
umpire  between  science  and  religion,  as  embracing  without  invad- 
ing their  distinct  provinces.  This  view  he  has  maintained  at 
Princeton  in  systematic  lectures  and  in  his  'Religion  and  Science 
in  their  Relation  to  Philosophy.'     (N.  Y.  1875.) 

"He  looks  forward  to  the  formation  of  an  ultimate  philosophy, 
or  science  of  sciences,  which  is  to  be  reached  inductively  from  the 
collective  intelligence  of  men  working  through  successive  gener- 
ations. This  forms  the  argument  of  his  great  work,  'The 
Philosophia  Ultima,  now  (1888)  passing  through  a  revised  edition, 


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and  of  which  VoUime  I.  is  an  historical  and  critical  introduction, 
while  VoUime  II.  is  to  treat  of  the  history  and  logic  of  the 
sciences. 

"Dr.  Shields  has  been  an  earnest  advocate  of  the  restoration  of 
the  Presbyterian  prayer-book  of  1661,  for  optional  use  by  minis- 
ters and  congregations  that  desire  a  liturgy.  To  this  end  he 
published  '  The  Book  of  Common  Prayer,'  as  amended  by  the 
Presbyterian  Divines  (1864),  with  an  appendix  entitled,  '  Liturgia 
Expurgata'  (1864). 

"He  looks  forward  to  the  organic  union  of  the  Congregational, 
Presbyterial,  and  Episcopal  principles  of  the  New  Testament 
church  in  an  'American  Catholic  Church  '  of  the  future.  His 
irenical  writings  under  this  head  embrace  a  series  of  e.s.says 
entitled,  'The  United  Churches  of  the  United  States,'  'The 
Organic  Affinity  of  Presbytery  and  Episcopacy,'  and  'The 
Christian  Denominations  and  the  Historic  Episcopate.' 

' '  No  essays  have  excited  wider  remark  in  the  theological  world. 

"The  style  of  Dr.  Shields  is  remarkable  for  lucidity  of  state- 
ment and  graceful  rhetoric. 

"He  divides  his  time  equally  between  Princeton  and  his  villa  at 
Newport." 

The  above  from  Appleton's  Cyclo- American  Biography,  is  so 
much  fuller  and  better  than  I  could  otherwise  furnish,  that  I  have 
copied  the  article  in  full. 

Henry  B.  Shields — Branch  Two. 

Henry  B.  Shields  was  born  in  Pittsylvania  county,  \'irginia, 
August  28,  1801.     He  died  in  New  Albany,  Indiana,  July  17,  1S72. 

A  man  of  striking  personality,  fully  six  feet,  two  inches  in 
height,  of  genial  manners,  and  kindly  bearing  and  kindly  courtesy, 
one  of  Nature's  noblemen ;  his  name  should  be  handed  down  to 
posterity  as  one  ever  to  be  remembered  and  prized. 

He  entered  into  business  life  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  in  1S20, 
as  clerk  in  the  store  of  Mr.  George  Paxson,  in  New  Albany, 
Indiana.  Two  years  later,  through  the  assistance  of  their  father 
in  purchasing  stock,  he  and  his  brother,  James,  opened  a  small 
store  of  their  own,  which  was  continued  for  several  years  with  a 
good  degree  of  prosperity.  Then,  assuming  the  work  alone,  his 
brother  having  found  a  field  of  usefulness  in  a  banking  career,  he 
is  said  to  have  become  noted  as  one  among  many,  enterprising, 
industrious,  and  succe.ssful   in   the  wholesale  hardware  trade  in 


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HENRY   B.    SHIELDS. 


the  state  of  Indiana.  In  1849, 
he  removed  his  affairs  to  the 
city  of  lyonisville,  Kentuck}', 
doing  a  large  business  for 
fully  five  years,  when,  because 
of  financial  revolutions  that 
swept  over  the  country,  he 
experienced  many  and  severe 
losses.  This  constrained  him 
to  return  to  his  former  field 
of  operations,  and  at  New 
Albany,  Corydon,  and  Wa- 
bash, he  successfully  carried 
on  his  efforts  to  serve  his  gen- 
eration in  thorough  and  mas- 
terful ways,  as  a  man  of 
energy,  earnestness,  and  dil- 
igence. 

He  was  recognized  and 
esteemed  all  the  days  of  his 
life  for  his  generous  courtesy  towards  all,  whether  in  large  or 
small  transactions.  As  with  others  who  stood  for  enterprise  and 
progress  in  the  growth  of  the 
city,  in  the  affairs  of  educa- 
tion, business  and  religion,  for 
virtue,  manliness  and  good 
citizenship,  his  name  was  a 
synonym — an  emblem  of  the 
character  of  the  place  and  the 
community. 

He  entered  the  marriage 
state  as  early  in  life  as  1825, 
when,  June  2,  the  Rev.  John 
Hamilton,  D.  D.,  of  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky,  performed 
the  wedding  rite  which  gave 
him  for  his  life  companion- 
ship. Miss  Joanna  K.  Day, 
formerly  from  Morristown, 
New  Jersey,  her  birthplace. 
This  step  was  succeeded  by 
another,     most     essential     to  mrs.  h.  b.  shields. 


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peace  of  mind  and  conducive  to  blessed  hope  for  the  life  to  come. 
He  was  received  into  membership  in  the  First  Presbyterian  church, 
at  New  Albany,  on  profession  (publicly)  of  his  faith  in  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  December  21,  182S.  Mrs.  Shields,  in  the  same  way, 
united  with  the  same  organization,  July  18,  1830,  and  we  can  say 
decidedly  that  it  was  for  them  an  event  of  great  significance,  pre- 
paratory to  the  religious  training  of  the  children  given  them  of 
God  as  His  trust.  Presbyterians  by  conviction,  as  they  were 
Christians  by  faith  in  their  risen  Lord,  they  tried  with  all  in  glad 
eagerness  to  glorify  their  gracious  Master  with  steadfast  service. 
He  was  ever  faithful  as  a  member,  usually  found  in  his  seat  in 
the  sanctuary  on  the  Sabbath,  and  at  his  post  in  the  prayer  meet- 
ing ;  he  was  also  liberal  in  the  support  of  the  Gospel  up  to  the 
full  measure  of  his  ability. 

To  his  children,  no  less  than  to  his  precious  mother  and 
theirs,  he  was  untiringly  devoted.  With  much  prayer  and  con- 
stant effort,  he  endeavored  to  imbue  them  with  high  moral  prin- 
ciples, and  to  prepare  them  for  the  many  and  varied  duties  of  life. 
He  sought  their  enlightenment  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  .so  that  they 
should  ultimately  stand  amid  heaven's  everlasting  glories. 

His  example,  his  counsels,  his  prayers,  his  repeated  efforts  to 
secure  their  full  equipment  for  both  worlds  ;  all  are  testimonials 
to  his  consistency,  his  diligence  and  zeal  in  living  for  God  and  in 
doing  His  will. 

Music  was  an  especial  delight  to  the  parents,  which  (while 
they  were  not  skilled  in  the  art),  was  valued  by  them  as  a  means 
to  the  end  of  family  harmony  and  love,  and  beyond  that  to  the 
guidance  of  the  children  into  the  narrow  way  that  leadeth  unto 
life  everlasting.  The  memorizing  of  churchly  hymns  was  not 
neglected,  as  next  in  significance  to  the  memorizing  of  the  text  of 
Holy  Scripture  itself. 


"The  heart  has  many  passages 

Through  which  the  feeHngs  roam, 
But  its  middle  aisle  is  sacred 
To  the  old,  old  home." 


In  1859,  he  received  appointment  from  the  Presbyterian  Board 
of  Publication,  as  superintendent  of  Colportage,  in  the  states  of 
Ohio,  Indiana,  and  Michigan,  a  work  that  carried  him  to  many 
of  the  meetings  of  Presbytery,  Synod,  and  churches,  to  appeal 
for  aid  in  distributing  religious  literature  among  the  needy  com- 
munities throughout  the  territory  covered  by  their  bounds,  and 


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also  into  the  military  camps  and  places  for  the  detention  of  prison- 
ers of  war,  assisting  in  the  work  of  religious  counsel  to  the  sick 
and  dying,  or  to  the  well  and  strong  expecting  to  go  forth  to  the 
country's  defence.  He  offered  his  service  willingly,  in  all  means 
employed  to  the  great  end  of  comforting  the  sorrowing  and  suffer- 
ing, and  of  wooing  the  redeemed  spirit  to  the  abode  of  everlast- 
ing life  beyond  the  grave. 

' '  Short  death  and  darkness  !  endless  life  and  light ! 
Short  dimming — endless  shining  in  yon  sphere, 
Where  all  is  incorruptible  and  pure — 

The  joy  without  the  pain,  the  smile  without  the  tear." 

Patriotism  and  piety,  the  love  of  country,  the  love  of 
home,  and  the  love  of  God  ;  how  they  go  hand  in  hand.  How 
precious  the  privilege  to  serve  one's  country,  and  at  the  same 
time  to  win  souls  to  Christ !  How  welcome  the  call  to  lead  an 
erring  sinner  back  to  God,  making  him  the  better  citizen  in  this 
land,  and  seeking  to  prepare  him  for  that  blest  estate  whither 
can  dwell  neither  sorrow  nor  sin. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Samuel  Conn,  pastor  of  the  First  Church,  at 
New  Albany,  and  thus  his  spiritual  adviser,  had  this  to  say, 
among  other  truths,  at  his  burial  on  the  19th  of  July,  1872  : 

He  was  a  man  of  faith  and  prayer,  and  the  graces  of  the  Holy  character 
were  increasingly  manifest  in  him  as  he  increased  in  ^-ears.  It  was  touching 
to  see  this  man  of  ripened  Christian  attainments,  whose  life  from  his  con- 
version, onward,  had  been  one  long  testimony  of  love  and  faith,  during  his 
last  sickness,  examining  the  foundations  of  his  confidence  anew.  And, 
though  the  depression  of  spirits,  which  accompanied  his  disease,  sometimes 
overshadowed  his  own  mind  with  fears,  there  was  no  time  reason  to  doubt 
his  saving  union  with  his  Redeemer.  He  constantly  assented  that  his  only 
ground  of  trust  was  the  perfect  atonement  of  Christ.  At  the  last  he  himself 
rose  triumphant  over  doubt,  and  in  calm  confidence  and  sunlit  peace,  he 
passed  away. 

It  was  good  to  be  in  his  dying  chamber  that  seemed  odorous  with  the 
air  of  heaven.  So  gently  did  the  transition  from  the  earthly  state  to  the 
heavenly  life  take  place,  that  we  could  not  tell  when  one  ended  and  the 
other  began. 

This  worthy  couple,  in  order  to  suppliment  their  meager 
schooling,  such  as  all  pioneers  received  in  those  days,  hit  upon 
this  novel  plan  to  improve  themselves.  They  decided  upon  a 
correspondence  with  each  other.  A  stand  drawer  was  chosen  as 
their  private  postoffice.  On  one  day  the  husband  would  deposit 
a  letter  to  the  wife.  The  next  day  the  reply  was  found  in  the 
same  place.     These  letters  were  written  with  as  much  care  as  to 


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93 


spelling,  punctuation,  composition,  and  penmanship,  as  possible. 
Years  afterwards  the  mother  used  to  say  that  she  never  looked 
forward  with  more  eager  anticipation  for  any  letters,  than  for 
those  in  their  stand  drawer  postoffice. 
One  writes  of  the  mother : 

She  was  a  good  mother,  gentle,  kind,  faithful,  and  true.  The  memory 
of  such  a  mother,  and  the  influence  of  such  teachings,  form  a  heritage  of 
inestimable  value  to  her  children.  She  was  quiet  and  unassuming,  never 
boasting,  and  fearless  in  the  discharge  of  every  known  duty.  For  fifty-.seven 
years  she  lived  the  life  of  a  Chri.stian,  honoring  her  profession.  Her  fifteen 
years  of  widowhood  were  spent  with  her  youngest  daughter,  at  Salem, 
Indiana. 


This  couple  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  three  dying 
young.  One  became  a  minister  of  the  gospel  and  two  married 
ministers.  (See  below  for  half-tone  cuts  and  life  .sketches  of 
these  three  servants  of  God.)  These  eleven  children  are  named 
below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 

Marv   P'lizabeth. 
in  infancy. 


Died 


James  H,,  w.  1828 

Caroline  .Scribner,  d 

2409  Brook  Street,  I,ou- 
isville,  Kentucky. 

Greenberrv  F.,  w.,  d. 
Agnes  M.  Heth,  d 


Catharine  H..  h. 

Rev.  John  McCrae,  d 

West  Pratt  Street,  In- 
dianapolis. Indiana. 


BUDS. 


Esther  Hale,  unmarried. 

W'ni.  Henry,  w. 

Nellie  Keigwin 


Bl,OSSOMS. 


I'Kl  IT. 


D. 


Hattie,  d. 
[  Harvey,  d. 

(    Addie,  h.,  d. 
/    \Vm.  Porter,  M. 

f   Anna,  d, 
Janet,  d. 


Marv  Nantz,  h. 
Bradford  M,  Culter  — 
La  Junta,  Colorado. 

Lucy  I.indsley,  h, 

Melvin  Mason 

Wichita,  Kansas, 


Lizzie  Liberia, 

Henrv  -S,,  w, 

Ella  Land 

South  Bend,  Indiana, 


No  i.s.sue. 


No  i,ssue. 


r  Edith  M. 
i   Arthur  K.,  d, 
)    Mabel  M, 
I   Leila  E. 

\  Charles  C. 
I    llarrv  M. 


(    Pauline. 

■(    Harry  N. 


Rev,  E,  P.  Shields,  D.D., 

w, 
.Sarah  .Scovel,  d 

Bridgeton,  New  Jersey 


John  E, 
[  Will  Warren. 

Clara  Janvier,  h,,  1881         \   Edward  S.,  b,  1882. 
Rev,  J,  S.  MacConnell,d,   )   Helen  Janet, 


2nd  h,  Geo,  S,  Young. 
Parnassus,  Pa, 


Henrv  Burnett,  w. 

(^  Victoria  C,  W^ilson > 

Draughtsman  United 
States  Navv,  Cramps 
Ship  Yards,  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania. 


Ralph  W, 
Kenneth  George. 

Harry  B..  b.  1886. 
Eleanor  \V. 
Gertrude,  d. 
Robert  Mori  is. 
Florence,  d. 


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HENRY  B.  SHIKIvDS— Continued. 


TWIGS. 


Rev.  E.  P.  Shield.s,  D.  D., 
w. 

Sarah  Scovel,  d 

liridgetoii,  New  Jersey 

2nd  w.    Sarah    Paulding 

John.son 

Married  June  2.  1897. 

Harriet  N.     Died  at  11. 


Cornelia  Ayre.s,  h. 
Rev.  David  Kingery.  . . . 
Garden  City,  Kansa.s. 


Joanna  Day,  h. 

Wni.  1?.  Warren 

lyOui.sville,  Kentucky. 


William  Clement, 
young. 


Died 


Elias  A.,  w.,  1843-19(12 
Sallie  Tumy 


BUDS. 

Hannah  Scovel,  h. 

Wrn.  Hendrick.son 

I.,avvrenceville,  N.  J. 

Edward  Shield.s. 

Rev.  Wm,  Hamill,  w. 

lielle  Platter 

Middletown,  Ohio. 


Edward  H..  w. 
Bertha  Hincs. , 


Sallie. 

Clara,  h. 

Edward  A.  Vosmer. 


Anna  Maria,  h. 

Dr.  John  R.  Bare 

Salem,  Indiana.  Sur- 
geon 6t5th  Indiana  In- 
tantry.  Went  with 
Sherman  "to  the  .sea." 


Clarence  E. 
Nellie. 

Chas.  Henry,  D.  D.  S., 
Terre  Haute,  Indiana. 


BIvO.SSOMS. 
Robert  S.,  b.  1892. 
I<ouise  V. 
Edward  S. 
Matilda  D. 
Hannah  S. 


FRUIT. 


i   Margaret  I,. 
(  James  H. 


Adelia  Davis,  d, 
IJUian  Marcy. 

Prof.  Hugh  MacMasterw 

Mary  McMillan 

Crawfordsville,  Intl. 


Harriet  Day.  h. 

Chas.  l^.  Seeley 

I<a  Junta,  Colorado. 


Anna  Juliette. 

Mary  S.     Diedatl3>^. 

James  R.,  w. 

I<ida  C.  Totten 

El  Pa.so,  Texas. 

Prof,  David  Newton,  v 
Clara  G.  Jack.son, 
St.  Paul,  Minnesota. 

No  issue. 


Charles  H.,  w. 
Marie     Eouise    Oberhel- 
man, 

Evanston,    Cincinnati, 

Ohio. 

Mary  E..  h. 

James  P.  Orr 

Evanston,    Cincinnati 

Ohio. 


Hugh  McMillan. 

Helen. 

Robert. 

Katharine. 

Margaret. 

Cornelia. 
Charles  K. 
David  B. 
Frank  1,. 
Robert  J. 


Frederick  T. 
Russell  S. 
Albert  Dowd. 


(   James  P. 

■;    Adelaide. 

{   Chas.  Edward. 


FMward  H. 
William  Elias. 


I  Ed 


ward  A..  Jr. 


Greenberry  F.  Shields. 


Greenberry  F.  Shields,  twig  above,  was  born  at  New  Albany, 
Indiana,  February  13,  1830.  Attended  school  at  New  Albany. 
For  several  years  he  was  engaged  with  his  father  in  the  whole- 
sale hardware  business,  in  L,ouisville,  Kentucky.  September  7, 
1852,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Agues  M.  Heth,  of  that  city.    Their 


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only  daughter,  Addie,  married  Dr.  Wni.  Porter,  of  St.  Louis, 
Missouri.  Her  sudden  death,  in  February,  1884,  was  like  a 
crushing  blow  to  her  parents.     She  was  their  only  child. 

During  the  civil  war,  he  was  an  officer  in  the  Union  army, 
being  adjutant  of  the  17th  Indiana  regiment  (mounted  infantry). 
After  doing  much  valiant  service,  he  felt  compelled  to  resign  his 
position,  because  of  ill  health.  And  he  suffered  long  from  the 
disease  resulting  from  the  hardships  and  exposures  of  war.  He 
was  popular  in  his  regiment.  For  many  years  afterwards  he  was 
engaged  in  steamboating  on  the  Mississippi  river,  as  a  clerk  or 
captain  on  passenger  boats.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  in 
command  of  the  Annie  P.  Silver,  running  between  St.  Louis  and 
New  Orleans. 

The  following  tribute  is  culled  from  an  obituary  notice  printed 
at  the  time  of  his  death  : 

"Green"  Shields  wasa  man  whose  righteousness  and  intej^rily  had  earned 
for  him  the  honor  and  respect  of  every  class  of  steamhoatsnien  ;  and  wlien 
the  sad  news  of  his  death  became  known,  men  seemed  to  forj^et  their  l)nsi- 
ness  in  the  rememberance  of  one  who  would  be  with  them  no  more.  '  * 
As  master  of  his  vessel,  he  earned  loud  encomiums  for  his  firm,  thouj,di 
gentle,  bearing  toward  his  subordinates.  *  *  *  Those  who  sailed  under 
Captain  Shields,  gave  him  naught  but  praise. 

He  was  a  handsome  man,  tall,  erect,  with  black  hair  and  eyes; 
pleasant  in  manner,  a  friend  to  be  relied  upon.  Was  a  member 
of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church,  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

After  escaping  all  the  dangers  of  war,  and  of  con.stant  travel 
on  the  river,  he  died  calmly  and  peacefully  in  his  own  home,  at 
St.  Louis,  November  26,  1884.  He  was  buried  in  Bellefountaine 
cemetery.  On  his  tomb-stone  his  widow  had  inscribed  the  words, 
"Safe  in  the  Harbor." 

She  has  since  then  been  called  home,  and  we  feel  assured  that 
their  little  family  circle  is  again  complete  in  the  "home  over 
there." 

' '  Safe  in  the  harbor, 
All  dangers  past — 
Safe  in  the  harbor. 
Home  at  last." 

The  above  tribute  is  furnished  the  author  by  a  sister,  Mrs. 
Cornelia  Shields  Kingery. 


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Rev.  John  McCrae. 

John  McCrae  was  born  near  Wigtown,  in  Scotland,  January 
7,  1819.  While  John  was  small,  his  father  moved  to  a  farm  in 
Ayrshire,  near  the  home  of  Robert  Burns. 

The  family  being  strict  Covenanters,  had  worshipped  on  the 
hillside,  as  was  long  the  custom,  so  John  never  was  in  a  church 
until    he    was   eleven  years  old.     Then  his  parents  united  with 


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the  AUoway  Kirk,  of  which  Burns  wrote,  and  the  family  were 
buried  in  its  graveyard. 

While  a  boy,  John  herded  his  father's  sheep  on  the  celebrated 
Mt.  Cairnsmuir.  At  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  went  to  Glasgow, 
where  he  served  an  apprenticeship  of  five  years  at  the  saddler's 
trade.  In  1842,  he  came  to  America,  "to  make  his  fortune." 
He  selected  Nashville,  Tennessee,  for  his  home,  and  followed  his 


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trade  there  quite  successfully  for  three  years.  He  then  decided 
to  enter  the  ministry,  sold  out  his  shop,  and  entered  Nashville 
college,  beginning  the  study  of  I^atin  and  Greek,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-four.  He  graduated  there,  and  afterwards,  at  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  New  Albany,  Indiana.  He  began  to  preach 
at  Rehoboth,  Harrison  county,  Indiana,  while  still  a  student, 
at  the  age  of  thirty  years,  and  continued  as  a  minister  and  home 
missionary  for  forty  years. 

He  graduated  on  April  30,  185 1 ,  and  the  next  day  was  married 
to  Miss  Catherine  Shields.  (See  table  above.)  A  few  days  later 
he  and  his  bride  proceeded  to  Texas,  expecting  to  enter  Mexico 
as  missionaries  as  soon  as  the  war  among  the  Mexicans  and  Com- 
anche Indians  was  over.  Overstudy  had  undermined  his  "  iron 
constitution,"  and  ill  health  compelled  him  to  abandon  his  hopes 
of  labor  in  that  benighted  country.  After  four  years  of  work  in 
Texas,  he  reluctantly  returned  to  the  North.  Though  never 
strong  afterwards,  he  labored  earnestly  and  constantly,  in  Indiana, 
Ohio,  Kentucky,  and  Kansas.  He  never  would  accept  of  work 
in  a  large  city  church,  although  such  fields  were  frequently 
opened  to  him.  He  said  :  "  No,  I  started  out  to  be  a  missionary. 
Since  I  cannot  serve  in  the  foreign  field,  I  will  go  to  the  small 
and  neglected  churches  where  others  do  not  wish  to  serve."  And 
this  vow  he  kept.  Many  feeble  churches  revived  and  built  up, 
eight  church  buildings  erected  and  several  repaired,  bore  abun- 
dant testimony  to  his  faithfulness  and  ability. 

In  December,  1863,  the  3rd  Kentucky  cavalry  of  the  Union 
army,  with  Colonel  Eli  H.  Murray,  in  command,  invited  him  to 
become  their  chaplain.  The  regiment  joined  Kilpatrick's  division 
of  Sherman's  array,  participating  in  many  battles,  and  "marching 
through  Georgia."  A  few  days  before  the  army  started  for  the 
sea,  the  regiment  received  nearly  a  year's  pay.  Not  able  to  carry 
it  with  them,  and  solicitous  for  the  welfare  of  their  families  at 
home,  they  chose  Mr.  McCrae,  and  he  was  ordered  North  with 
over  $35,000,  to  be  distributed  through  Northern  Kentucky  and 
Southern  Indiana.  The  money  was  enclosed  in  envelopes,  each 
with  an  address  on  the  outside.  These  envelopes  were  packed  in 
an  old  valise,  and  carrying  this  in  his  hand,  and  wearing  the 
uniform  of  a  private  soldier.  Chaplain  McCrae  started  on  his 
perilous  mission.  The  story  of  his  hairbreadth  escapes  during 
the  next  six  weeks,  would  read  like  the  adventures  in  a  dime 
novel.     As  he  was  well  known  in  the  localities  he  had  to  visit. 


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his  work  had  to  be  done  mostly  by  night.  He  was  greatly 
assisted  by  the  negroes  of  that  part  of  the  country,  whom  he  had 
befriended,  and  to  whom  he  had  preached  before  the  war.  It  is 
sufficient  to  say  that  every  penny  of  the  money  reached  the  ones 
to  whom  it  had  been  sent. 

As  he  could  not  rejoin  Sherman's  army,  he  was  placed  on 
duty  as  chaplain  in  Barracks  No.  i,  and  Exchange  Barracks  in 
Louisville,  Kentucky.  Though  arduous,  the  work  delighted  him. 
He  served  here  until  the  war  was  over. 

After  the  war  was  over,  he  served  churches  in  Floyd,  Orange, 
Washington,  and  Harrison  counties,  of  Southern  Indiana.  While 
at  Rehoboth  church,  a  fall  from  his  horse  crippled  him  for  life. 
In  spite  of  his  enfeebled  condition,  he  persisted  in  preaching, 
sometimes  ivalking  on  cnitclics  twelve  miles  to  fill  an  appointment. 
His  feeble  health  caused  him  to  move  to  Kansas,  in  1879.  The 
change  of  climate  proved  quite  beneficial,  and  nearly  twelve  years 
more  for  active  work  were  granted  him.  Several  churches  organ- 
ized, and  five  church  buildings  erected  during  this  time,  prove 
his  faithful  efficiency. 

On  February  10,  1890,  he  was  released  from  earthly  labor  and 
suffering,  and  was  buried  at  Ness  City,  Kansas. 

He  left  his  widow  and  six  grown  children  to  mourn  his  loss, 
and  to  revere  his  memory.    Truly,  ' '  He  being  dead,  yet  speaketh. ' ' 

Mary  McCrae  Culter. 

Mary  McCrae,  bud,  was  born  at  New  Albany,  Indiana,  April 
12,  1858,  and  was  named  Mary  Nantz  by  her  great  grandmother, 
Mary  Nance  Shields.  The  middle  name  was  spelled  as  written, 
because  the  grandmother  expressed  a  preference  for  that  mode. 
She  was  educated  at  The  Western  College,  Oxford,  Ohio,  gradu- 
ating in  1877.  She  married  Bradford  M.  Culter,  of  Derby, 
Kansas,  October  19,  1882.  Their  home  is  on  a  large  farm  near 
Wichita,  Kansas,  but  they  are  temporarily  at  La  Junta,  Colorado, 
for  the  health  of  their  youngest  child. 

F'or  a  number  of  years,  she  has  been  doing  considerable  liter- 
ary work,  writing  for  some  thirty  publishing  houses.  Her  serial 
work  has  been  published  in  the  Herald  and  Presbyter^  Journal  and 
Messenger,  and  Christian  Leader,  all  of  Cincinnati  ;  and  in  The 
Presbyte7'ian  Jo2irnal,  of  Philadelphia.  Her  first  book,  "What 
the  Railroad  Brought  to  Timken,"  was  put  out  by  Monfort  & 
Co.,  Cincinnati.     The  second,  "  Four  Roads  to  Happiness,"  was 


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published  by  the  American  Sunday  School  Union,  of  Philadelphia. 
The  third,  "The  Girl  Who  Kept  Up,"  appeared  September,  last, 
and  was  published  by  Lee  &  Shepard,  of  Boston. 

She  has  three  more  books  in  the  hands  of  the  publishers,  and 
they  will  probably  be  issued  before  this  Memorial. 

She  does  not  publish  her  books,  but  sells  the  copyrights.  Tliis 
method  perhaps  nets  her  less  returns,  but  frees  her  from  expense 
and  annoyance.      Mrs.  Culter  says  of  her  writings  : 

They  are  not  of  a  class  to  make  me  either  wealthy  or  famous.  Distinct- 
ively religions  work  is  the  only  kind  that  is  really  worth  while,  and  that  is 
the  kind  I  do,  looking  for  the  reward  hereafter.  My  greatest  reward  is 
when  some  one  comes  to  me  and  says,  "  Your  stories  have  helped  me." 

She  writes  under  her  own  name,  that  at  the  head  of  this  sketch. 
Edward  P.  Shields. 

Edward  P.  Shields,  twig,  was  born  in  New  Albany,  Indiana, 
August  31,  1833.  He  was  schooled  for  his  early  years  in  the 
Collegiate  Institute,  of  that  city,  then  under  the  careful  oversight 
of  Mr.  Jno.  B.  Anderson,  for  a  period  of  eight  years,  till  he  was 
in  his  fifteenth  year,  when,  because  of  his  need  for  better  physical 
development,  he  was  placed  at  work  in  the  store  of  his  father,  at 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  for  a  period  of  nearly  four  years,  realizing 
the  benefits  desired.  Then,  much  improved  in  every  way,  study 
was  resumed,  having  united  with  the  church  upon  profession  of 
faith,  in  1849,  and  finding  a  growing  desire  to  give  himself  to  the 
work  of  the  ministry,  he  was  entered  in  the  cour.se  at  Miami 
University,  Oxford,  Ohio,  with  the  Junior  class,  in  1852,  and 
graduating  in  1854,  receiving  the  degree  of  A.  B.  Three  years 
later  he  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.,  and  thirty  years  later  the 
degree  of  D.  D. 

As  New  Albany  was  his  home,  he  properly  entered  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  that  place,  in  1854,  then  under  the  care  of 
such  eminent  divines  and  masters  of  learning  as  the  Rev.  Drs. 
MacMaster  and  T.  E.  Thomas.  He  took  a  full  three  years' 
course  in  the  institution  with  such  excellent  class-mates  as  Syl- 
vester F.  Scovel,  David  Kingery,  Isaac  B.  Moore,  Thomas  K. 
Hughes,  Joshua  B.  Garritt,  most  of  whom  continue  to  this  day, 
and  have  written  a  most  creditable  record  in  the  work  of  the 
ministry,  and  also  in  the  art  of  edtication.  The  change  of  loca- 
tion for  the  institution,  through  the  action  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian    church  in    the  United   States  of 

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America,  from  New  Albany  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  was  a  measure 
designed  for  the  enlargement  of  its  influence,  as  has  proven  to  be 
the  case,  in  which  no  one  has  rejoiced  more  than  the  class  of  1857, 
which  was  graduated  at  the  old,  well-known  location,  as  its  last 
issue  of  men  equipped  for  the  faith.  Dr.  S.  F.  Scovel,  for  six- 
teen years  president  of  the  now  renowned  Presbyterian  University, 
of  Wooster,  in  the  state  of  Ohio  ;  and  Prof.  J.  B.  Garritt,  for  his 
whole  life  employed  in  the  classical  course  of  Hanover  college. 


REV.    EDWARD   p.    SHIELDS,    D.    D. 
Twig. 


Indiana,  are  worthy  of  all  praise  for  their  devoted  services  in  both 
lines  of  employment,  never  forgetting  the  privilege  to  preach  the 
gospel  while  earnestly  seeking  to  prepare  others  for  the  sacred 
calling. 

An  added  year  within  the  venerable  walls  of  Princeton  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  in  New  Jersey,  was  not  without  profit  to  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  giving  him  friendship  among  the  students 
there,  many  of  which   still  continue   to  this  day,    and  by  the 


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learned  and  careful  instructions  there  imparted  fitting  him  and 
them  for  better  service  in  the  work  of  the  church. 

He  and  his  class-mate,  David  Kingerj^,  were  examined  for 
licensure,  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Albany,  at  New  Philadelphia, 
in  Washington  county,  Indiana,  on  the  9th  of  April,  1856. 

A  call  from  the  rural  church  and  congregation  of  Upper  Pitts- 
grove,  New  Jersey,  was  given  him  in  the  spring  of  1858,  and 
accepted  by  him  to  begin  his  work  May  first.  His  marriage, 
April  19th,  to  Miss  Sarah  Scovel,  followed,  before  removal  to 
New  Jersey,  which   is  now  one  of  the  great  strongholds  of  the 


MRS.    E.   p.   SHIEI.DS. 

« 

Presbyterian  church  in  this  land.  In  June  the  Presbytery  of 
West  Jersey  received  him  into  their  membership,  and  on  the 
second  day  of  said  month,  he  was  there  ordained  to  the  work  of 
the  ministry  and  installed  pastor  of  said  church.  With  his  life- 
loncr  friend  for  a  companion  and  co-worker,  he  felt  eager  for  the 
service  And  the  years  of  a  first  pastorate  were  among  their  most 
pleasant  years,  having  been  led  wisely  to  such  a  historic  church, 


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dating  from  the  colonial  days  of  1741,  and  having  had  the  faith- 
ful management  and  guidance  of  the  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Janvier,  who 
labored  in  that,  his  only  charge,  for  forty-six  years  (1812-1858), 
and  lived  among  the  people  of  his  choice  for  seven  years  more, 
dying,  much  lamented,  in  1865,  but  leaving  the  fragrance  of  his 
name  to  bless  that  field  for  years  to  come.  The  memory  of  that 
good  man  and  his  example  has  had  much  to  do  with  the  career  of 
his  successor,  and  will  ever  be  a  cherished  possession  in  his  list  of 
blessings. 

The  erection  of  a  new  house  of  worship  and  its  dedication,  in 
1867,  one  hundred  years  after  the  dedication  of  the  former  house 
in  1767,  was  a  significant  event  during  this  pastorate. 

Removal  from  this  interesting  field  to  the  church  at  Cape  May, 
was  made  at  the  close  of  December  in  1870,  beginning  his  work 
the  first  of  the  new  year.  At  that  famous  seaside  resort,  his 
ministry  went  steadily  forward  through  a  period  of  thirteen  years 
and  two  months.  Here  he  and  his  family  found  strength  by 
reason  of  the  tonic  influence  of  the  great  grand  ocean,  which  was 
of  much  advantage  for  uninterrupted  usefulness  for  years  to  come. 

Removal  in  1884  to  the  church  of  Bristol,  Pennsylvania,  led 
to  the  third  and  last  field  of  labor,  and  an  average  of  thirteen 
years  in  each  place,  gave  a  total  of  thirty-nine  years  in  all  — 
years  of  uninterrupted  employment  in  quiet  but  prosperous  fields, 
and  mingling  many  of  the  joys  and  sorrows  of  life  for  both  pastor 
and  people. 

For  a  full  term  of  three  years,  having  been  elected  by  the  New 
Jersey  State  Board  of  Education  as  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction  for  the  county  of  Cape  May  ( 188 1- 1884),  he  had  fine 
opportunit}^  to  become  acquainted  with  school  life,  and  to 
encourage  and  strengthen  those  who  taught,  to  aim  at  higher 
things,  and  to  advance  the  grade  of  study  in  many  branches. 
Removal  to  Bristol  interrupted  this  pleasing  department  of  use- 
fulness, although  allowed  to  spend  the  last  six  months  of  his 
term  in  residence  in  the  neighboring  state.  He  was  also  clerk  of 
the  Presbytery,  West  Jersey  (1872- 1884). 

The  occurrence  of  revival  occasions  throughout  his  whole 
career,  was  one  of  the  gratifying  experiences  belonging  to  his 
modest  and  quiet  life,  for  which  he  will  ever  be  grateful  to  the 
giver  of  all  good. 

The  death  of  Sarah  Scovel,  his  faithful  and  beloved  wife  for 
almost  thirty-three  years,  which  came  in  January,  1890,  was  the 


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most  serious  break  in  such  a  steadfast,  resolute  endeavor  to 
accomplish  the  will  of  God  by  the  service  of  his  generation.  Still, 
for  years  after  that  event,  he  continued  at  his  post  of  duty,  till 
warned  by  some  indications  of  failing  health,  he  felt  it  best  to 
resign  the  active  duties  of  his  calling.  She  was  a  good  woman, 
intelligent,  accomplished,  and  attractive  —  in  every  way  fitted  for 
the  position  of  a  minister's  wife.  Her  whole  heart  was  in  the 
work,  and  her  good  influence  can  never  die. 

Seven  years  after,  marriage  to  Mrs.  Sarah  P.  Johnson,  (June 
2,  1899),  at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey,  has  served  to  supply  the 
vacancy  in  the  home,  from  whence  most  of  the  children  had  gone 
forth  into  homes  of  their  own.  His  declining  years  are  passing 
among  pleasant  surroundings,  thus,  in  the  state  of  his  mother's 
birth,  with  the  natural  though  sincere  regret  that  there  are  not 
more  fruits  to  be  gathered  for  the  glory  of  his  Lord  and  Master, 
to  whom  belongeth  the  praise  for  a  useful  life. 

Rev.  John  S.  MacConnell 

Was  able  to  trace  his  descent  from  Scotch  and  Scotch-Irish 
ancestry,  his  parents,  George  and  Jeannette,  living  in  West  Deer 
township,  Allegheny  county,  Pennsylvania.  John  was  born  in 
their  country  home,  August  12,  1833,  and  his  subsequent  life 
gave  evidence  of  the  religious  training  by  them  imparted,  stimu- 
lated (no  doubt)  by  the  earnest  belief  received  in  the  instruction 
of  that  zealous  Presbyterian  denomination  known  for  many  years 
as  the  Associate  Reform  Church,  and  afterwards  changed  by 
union  with  the  Reformed  Church,  into  the  Associate  Presbyterian 
Church. 

After  having  united  with  the  church  in  early  life,  John  entered, 
for  his  collegiate  training,  into  Franklin  college,  located  at  New 
Athens,  Ohio,  for  a  five  years'  course,  and  graduating  with 
honors,  in  1858,  and  from  the  Allegheny  Theological  Seminary, 
of  that  denomination,  at  Allegheny  City,  Pennsylvania,  in  1S62. 
Now  followed  entrance  into  the  activities  of  his  public  ministry. 
Licensed  by  Monongahela  Presbytery  in  1S61,  he  was  the  next 
year  ordained  to  the  full  work  of  the  gospel  ministry  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Cleveland,  within  whose  bounds  he  labored  for  four 
years  of  diligent  work.  From  there  he  was  invited  to  missionary 
work  in  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  was  employed  within  that  great 
city's  limits  among  the  needy  of  that  growing  community  for  two 
years  more. 


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There  it  was,  that,  after  most  serious  and  thoughtful  con- 
sideratiou  of  the  matter,  he  felt  called  to  change  his  church  rela- 
tions, and,  after  due  call  by  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Pontiac, 
in  1868,  was  accepted  in  his  new  connection  and  employed  for 
five  years  of  steadfast  service  there.  From  Pontiac,  he  was  called 
to  the  church  of  Emsworth,  which  lay  in  the  bounds  of  both  the 
county  and  the  Presbytery  of  Allegheny,  and  gave  four  years  to 
the  upbuilding  of  that  interesting  field.  But  he  was  soon  called 
to  a  much  larger  field  in  the  area  of  the  great  city  of  Pittsburg 
itself,  and,  for  ten  years  (1877- 1887)  in  the  I,awrenceville  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  Pittsburg,  found  a  field  which  required  his 
fullest  endeavors  and  steady  devotion,  until  the  day  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  Cranford,  New  Jersey,  October  29,  1887. 

His  marriage  at  Cape  May,  to  Miss  Clara  J.  Shields,  bud 
above,  took  place  March  31,  1881.  His  death  left  her  with  the 
charge  of  two  children  which  are  tokens  of  God's  covenant  faith- 
fulness upon  whom  is  believed  that  the  same  care  in  parental 
training  will  bring  forth  much  honor  to  his  memory  ;  his  only 
son,  Edward  S.,  now  fully  twenty-one  years  of  age,  is  in  college 
course  seeking  preparation  for  the  same  calling  with  that  of  his 
lamented  father.  May  God  receive  all  the  praise  for  such  indi- 
cations of  his  providence,  vindicating  the  prophecy  and  hope, 
"  As  are  the  fathers  so  shall  the  children  be." 

Rev.  W.  Hamill  Shields,  A.  M. 

Rev.  W.  Hamill  Shields,  bud,  is  the  youngest  of  the  three 
sons  of  Rev.  E.  P.  Shields,  D.  D.  Born  January  30,  1870,  at 
Daretown,  New  Jersey.  At  the  age  of  about  two  years  the  father 
became  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  Cape  May,  New 
Jersey,  where  the  boy  received  the  benefits  of  the  sea  air  for  the 
thirteen  years  of  that  pastorate.  On  the  removal  to  Bristol, 
Pennsylvania,  the  boy  had  the  advantage  of  the  private  instruc- 
tion of  the  father  for  two  years. 

At  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  decided  to  enter  business,  but  in  a 
few  months  felt  himself  called  to  the  ministry,  and  in  the  summer 
of  18S7,  entered  the  summer  .school  of  Wooster  University.  After 
one  year  of  preparatory  work  and  the  four  years  of  collegiate  life, 
he  graduated  in  June  of  1892. 

In  September  of  that  year  he  entered  Princeton  Seminary,  and 
graduated  in  May  of  1895.  He  immediately  entered  the  work  of  the 
ministry  as  pastor  of  Calv^ary  Presbyterian  church,  of  Detroit,  Mich- 
igan, where,  for  five  years,  reasonable  success  attended  his  ministry. 


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In  September  of  1900,  he  came  to  the  First  Presbyterian 
church,  of  Middletovvn,  Ohio,  where  he  was  permitted  to  raise  an 
$8,000  debt  a  few  months  after  his  arrival.  The  church  is  now 
out  of  debt,  and  has  assumed  the  support  of  its  own  missionary 
pastor  in  China,  and  all  branches  of  the  work  are  moving  steadily 
on.  His  wife,  who  was  Miss  Belle  T.  Platter,  of  Wooster,  Ohio, 
is  the  daughter  of  Rev.  James  E.  Platter,  formerly  of  Win  field, 
Kansas.  She  has  proven  herself  to  be  a  most  gifted  helper,  and 
with  him  shares  the  joys  and  compensations  of  Christian  service. 

Rev.  David  Kingery. 

Rev.  David  Kingery  was  born  at  South  Salem,  Ohio,  May  S, 
1829.  His  boyhood  was  spent  on  a  farm,  where  he  actjuired 
strength  of  body  and  cheerful  spirits,  two  very  nece.s.sary  qualifi- 
cations for  the  work  of  the  ministry.  His  education  began  in  the 
country  schools,  continued  through  the  Salem  academy  (a  Pres- 
byterian school  famous  for  the  remarkable  number  of  men  it  has 
sent  into  the  home  and  foreign  mission  fields);  thence  through 
Miami  University,  at  Oxford,  Ohio;  thence  to  the  New  Albany 
Theological  Seminary  (now  McCorniick  Seminary,  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois), taking  the  full  course,  graduating  in  May,  1S57.  He  was 
licensed  to  preach  by  New  Albany  Presbytery,  in  April,  1856,  and 
began  his  ministerial  labors  at  Kokomo,  Indiana,  during  the  sum- 
mer vacation. 

For  more  than  a  year  during  his  seminary  course,  he  taught 
Latin  and  Greek,  in  DePauw  Female  College,  a  Methodist  school 
at  New  Albany. 

In  June,  1857,  following  his  graduation,  he  took  charge  of  a 
church  at  Onarga,  Illinois,  his  first  regular  field  of  labor.  He 
was  ordained  to  the  full  work  of  the  ministry,  in  April,  185S,  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Peoria,  Illinois,  in  session  at  Canton,  .same 
state.  This  event  was  followed,  June  17,  by  his  marriage  at  New 
Albany,  with  Miss  Cornelia  A.  Shields,  twig. 

His  labors  have  been  constant,  but  varied,  living  always  in 
the  west,  or  middle  west,  where  changes  are  more  common  than 
in  the  far  eastern  states.  During  the  civil  war,  he  found,  at 
Wabash,  Indiana,  abundance  of  work  for  his  church  and  for  his 
country.  He  next  took  charge  of  the  Valparaiso  Collegiate 
Institute,  a  Presbyterian  .school  of  high  grade,  in  Valparaiso, 
Indiana.  This  was  in  many  respects  a  desirable  position,  but  he 
resigned  it  that  he  might  resume  the  pastoral  work.  ' 


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In  Ohio  he  had  charge  of  churches  at  Lovelaud,  Delaware, 
Cohimbiis,  and  other  points,  where  the  Sabbath  school,  temper- 
ance, and  missionary  causes  always  found  in  him  an  earnest, 
active  advocate,  and  worker. 

Removing  to  Kansas,  in  1879,  he  was  soon  in  the  midst  of  the 


REV.    DAVID    KINGERY. 


great  temperance  movement  that  gave  to  Kansas  the  benefits  of 
prohil)ition,  and  the  glory  of  being  the  first  state  in  the  Union  to 
give  it  a  place  in  the  state  constitution.  In  common,  with  minis- 
ters generally,  he  labored  with  voice  and  pen,  to  forward  the 
glorious  work,  and  to  influence  all  about  him  to  work,  pray,  and 
vote  for  prohibition,  and  to  practice  total  abstinence.     He  was 


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commissioner  to  the  Presbyterial  General  Assembly,  at  Detroit, 
Michigan,  in  1872,  and  at  Saratoga,  New  York,  in  1883. 

Since  1879,  Mr.  Kiugery  has  been  engaged  in  the  home  mis- 
sion work.  Forty-six  years  of  active,  constant  service  is  his 
record.  Blessed  with  uniformly  good  health,  loving  his  work, 
energetic  and  unsparing  of  himself,  he  has  been  vouchsafed  a 
good  degree  of  success,  as  pastor,  teacher,  and  friend.  He  is  still 
strong  and  vigorous,  preaching  part  of  the  time.  Rev.  Dr.  Gal- 
braith,  who  was  his  boyhood  friend,  and  his  fellow  student  in 
academy,  college,  and  seminary,  in  a  published  address  given  on 
the  occasion  of  the  "  Centennial  of  Salem  Church,"  South  Salem, 
Ohio,  says  : 

David  Kingery  preached  for  a  time  at  IvOveland,  Ohio,  hut  for  many 
5-ears  has  heen  a  home  missionary  in  the  far  west,  doing  faithful  .and  heroic 
work.  He  is  an  excellent  preacher,  a  true  friend,  an  upright,  nianlv  man. 
Two  of  his  sons  are  professors  of  excellent  reputation,  in  I'reshyterian 
colleges. 

Mr.  Kingery  says  there  is  no  happier  life  on  earth,  tlian  the 
life  of  a  faithful,  diligent  minister  of  the  Christ. 

The  above  sketch  has  been  prepared  by  the  author  from  facts 
furnished  him  by  Cousin  Cornelia,  the  companion  for  more  than 
forty-five  years,  in  all  the  joys  and  sorrows  of  this  busy  man  of 
God. 

A  faithful  pauarama  of  the  life  of  this  mother  in  Israel,  as  of 
any  other  such,  who  has  been  the  wife  of  a  faithful  mi.ssionary, 
home  or  foreign,  for  nearly  a  half  century,  would  thrill  the  church 
to  a  greater  realization  of  responsibility  of  the  individual  Chris- 
tian toward  the  proper  support  of  these  missionaries  of  the  cross. 
It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  present  the  sketch  of  a  noble  life  : 

Cornelia  A.  Shields  was  born  in  New  Albany,  September  10, 
1837.  The  Shields  family,  with  the  exception  of  the  father's  two 
sisters,  had  their  home  and  their  business  in  New  Albany,  as  also 
her  mother's  people,  the  Day  family,  and  she  grew  up  .surrounded 
by  a  large  circle  of  relatives,  among  whom  there  was  warm  affec- 
tion and  devoted  attachment.  She  always  regarded  it  as  a  high 
honor  to  be  able  to  trace  her  descent  from  such  ancestry  as  the 
Scotch  Covenanters,  the  Pilgrim  Fathers,  and  the  French  Hugue- 
nots. Her  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  private  schools  of 
her  native  city.  Then  .she  entered  Anderson's  Female  Seminary, 
from  which  she  graduated  in  1854.  This  school  had  a  high  rep- 
utation for  thoroughness  in  education,  and  for  its  moral  and 
religious  influence.     Following  her  marriage,  she  went  with  her 


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husband  to  his  pastoral  charge  at  Onarga,  Illinois.  She  has  often 
spoken  of  the  change  in  surroundings.  The  Sunday  before  her 
marriage,  worshiping  in  a  large  city  church,  the  next  in  a  ware- 
room  containing  hardware,  farm  implements,  household  furniture, 
etc. ,  in  a  small  prairie  village.  She  has  always  entertained  pleas- 
ant memories  of  that  first  worship  in  her  new  home.  The  singing 
would  compare  well  with  that  in  some  of  the  fine  churches.  The 
choir  sang  a  mi.ssionary  anthem  with  much  of  the  spirit  of  devo- 
tion. Since  that  time  her  life  as  a  minister's  wife  has  been  a 
busy  one,  and  as  she  expresses  it,  "  With  many  joys,  some  sor- 
rows, and  some  successes." 

When  the  woman's  crusade  against  the  liquor  traffic  com- 
menced in  Ohio,  where  her  home  then  was,  she  was  in  full 
sympathy  with  the  movement,  though  not  enrolled  as  a  member 
of  the  crusaders.  Much  work  was  being  done  in  arousing  a  senti- 
ment among  the  people  in  favor  of  temperance,  and  in  this  she 
took  an  active  part.  This  continued  for  some  years  in  Ohio. 
Then,  after  removal  to  Kansas,  in  1879,  the  way  was  open  for 
still  more  active  and  aggressive  work  in  the  same  line,  in  the 
fight  for  constitutional  prohibition.  The  women  were  not  per- 
mitted to  vote,  but  that  did  not  prevent  their  taking  an  active 
part  in  the  campaign.  There  were  many  quiet,  womanly  ways 
in  which  they  might  render  efficient  service,  and  they  were  not 
slow  to  respond  to  the  call.  Organizations  were  formed,  meetings 
were  held,  and  the  subject  kept  continuously  before  the  people. 
In  all  this,  she  was  actively  engaged.  The  result  is  known  the 
world  over — prohibition  in  the  state  of  Kansas. 

Woman's  missionary  work  in  organized  form  gave  a  still  wider 
opportunity  for  church  work.  When  a  Woman's  Presbyterial 
Missionary  Society  was  to  be  organized  in  connection  with  the 
Presbytery,  of  which  her  husband  was  a  member,  she  was  elected 
to  an  office,  to  her  surprise  and  against  her  wishes.  Timidly  the 
work  was  undertaken,  but  with  the  full  purpose  of  doing  her 
whole  duty.  For  more  than  fifteen  years,  in  Ohio,  and  then  in 
Kansas,  she  continued  actively  in  the  work,  during  much  of  the 
time  holding  the  office  of  president,  secretary,  or  treasurer. 
When,  from  partial  loss  of  sight,  she  found  it  necessary  to  give 
up  such  work  for  some  years.  Later,  especially  in  the  use  of  the 
pen,  it  was  gladly  resumed.  To  show  that  this  work  was  appre- 
ciated, the  pastor  of  the  largest  church  in  the  Presbytery,  told 
her  that  before  her  affliction  came  upon  her,  he  heard  her  name 


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mentioned  more  than  any  other  woman  within  the  bounds  of  the 
Presbytery,  as  an  active  worker  in  the  Missionary  society. 

New  country  Hfe  in  Kansas,  gave  the  family  many  novel 
experiences,  and  many  that  were  pleasing.  It  was  a  great  change 
for  the  minister's  wife,  but  she  heartily  enjoyed  the  work.  There 
was  much  to  do,  but  great  encouragement  in  the  doing  of  it, 
results  being  more  speedily  evident  and  far  reaching  than  in  the 
older  states. 

Among  the  energetic,  intelligent  people  of  Kansas,  it  was 
cheering  to  see  the  rapid  growth  and  great  improvement  in  the 
surroundings.  She  says  :  "To  many  people  the  life  of  a  mini.s- 
ter's  wife  seems  hard  and  unattractive,  but  to  me  it  has  many 
charms,  and  I  rejoice  that  it  has  been  my  lot." 

Six  children  were  given  to  this  worthy  couple,  as  per  table 
above,  three  sons  and  the  same  number  of  daughters,  buds.  John 
MacMaster  is  professor  of  Latin  in  Wabash  college,  Crawfords- 
ville,  Indiana,  and  author  of  a  small  Latin  text-book,  "The 
Media  of  Seneca,"  used  in  many  schools.  He  is  a  graduate  of 
Wooster  University,  class  of  1884.  David  Newton  is  professor  of 
Higher  Mathematics  and  Physics,  in  Macalester  college,  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Wabash  college,  class  of  1893. 
James  R.  is  manager  of  the  largest  dry  goods  store  in  Kl  Paso, 
Texas,  and  is  a  very  successful  business  man. 

Joanna  Day  Shields,  twig,  was  born  in  New  Albany,  June  24, 
1839.  She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  her  native  city.  The 
state  of  her  health  prevented  her  receiving  the  same  liberal  edu- 
cation enjoyed  by  her  brothers  and  sisters.  She  early  developed 
musical  talent,  and  it  was  cultivated.  The  piano  was  her  delight. 
With  it  and  her  clear  soprano  voice,  slie  was  always  in  demand, 
and  welcome  in  any  musical  circles.     A  sister  says  of  her  : 

"Joe"  has  the  pen  of  a  ready  writer.  She  has  written  nian\-  poems, 
some  anmsing,  some  tender  and  sweet.  Here  is  one  of  her  poems  that  I 
have  heard  her  play  and  sing  to  music  of  her  own  composing : 

My  Prayer. 

Father  in  heaven,  hear  this  my  prayer, 
Keep  from  temptation,  from  every  snare; 
Help  me  to  serve  thee,  to  love  and  obey  ; 
From  earth  to  heaven  show  me  the  way. 

Then  when  the  hour  comes  my  life  to  lay  down, 
I'll  yield  it  gladly,  winning  a  crown 
Sparkling  with  gems,  with  heaven's  radiant  gleam— 
God's  love  the  setting,  Oh  glorious  dream  ! 


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Cousin  Joanna  is  passionately  fond  of  music  to  this  day,  as  the 
author  can  testify.  She  flies  from  the  midst  of  annimated  con- 
versation, to  her  piano,  and  at  once  ilhistrates  a  point  in  the  con- 
versation, in  a  sweet  melody  of  voice  and  instrument,  by  the  use 
of  some  sentence  or  two  from  some  poem,  perhaps  her  own,  per- 
haps another's.     She  says  of  herself: 

Sister  Cornie  asked  when  here  over  two  years  ago  :  "Joe,"  do  you  still 
keep  up  your  music?  "  "No,  it  keeps  me  up.  Ever)'  nerve  is  set  that  way, 
and  I  pray  in  the  better  world,  I  may  have  my  place  with  the  grand  choir, 
and  an  organ  for  my  very  own  and  a  voice  to  sing  the  songs  to  which  my 
inner  life's  instrument  is  set." 

On  September  i,  i860,  Cousin  Joanna  left  New  Albany,  with 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Buford,  of  Egg  Point,  Mississippi,  to  spend 
ten  months  in  their  home,  as  a  companion  and  music  teacher  to 
the  young  wife,  more  the  former  than  the  latter.  The  lessons  of 
those  few  months  in  the  sunny  south,  are  treasured  in  the  mem- 
ory. She  was  in  Missi.ssippi  when  the  state  seceded  from  the 
Union.  She  returned  home  on  the  last  boat  that  came  up  the 
Mississippi  river  before  the  blockade. 

On  October  4,  1S64,  she  was  married  to  Mr.  W.  B.  Warren, 

by  her  brother,  Edward,  at  his  home  in  Daretown,  New  Jersey. 

In   1865   they   removed  to  Georgia,  and  entered  the  mercantile 

bu.siness,  but  it  being  just  after  the  close  of  the  war,  the  country 

was  bankrupt,  and  success  was  not  for  them.     They  returned  to 

Louisville,  which  has  been  their  home  ever  since.     In  writing  of 

the  love  manifest  between  the  members  of  the  Shields  family,  she 

says  : 

I  believe  the  love  that  exists  in  our  family  is  rarely  strong.  The  fate,  of 
living,  growing  up,  marrying,  which  means  scattering,  has  been  ours. 

"  Like  a  wreath  of  scented  flowerets 
Close  intertwined  each  heart. 
But  time  and  change  in  concert, 
Have  blown  the  wreath  apart. 

"  When  I  long  for  sainted  memories. 
Like  angel  troops  they  come — 
If  I  fold  my  arms  and  ponder. 
On  the  old,  old  home." 

In  speaking  of  life's  battles,  to  which  we  all  are  heir,  and  of 
which  most  of  us  have  our  share,  she  says  : 

I  am  fighting  the  battle  of  life  and  do  not  know  what  turn  fate  maj'  take. 
As  I  have  often  said,  I  am  fighting  a  "Manila"  battle,  but  if  I  win  a  Dewey 
victory,  all  will  be  well. 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


I II 


The  world  is  but  a  school-room,  where, 

We  tasks  may  learn,  and  trials  meet. 
And  when  the  term  is  ended  here. 

In  higher  grades  find  pleasures  sweet. 

The  author  has  tried  to  portray  the  character,  life,  and  spirit, 
of  Cousin  Joanna,  to  those  who  have  not  the  pleasure  of  her  per- 
sonal acquaintance,  and  has  thought  he  could  best  do  it  by  quot- 
ing portions  of  her  letter  to  him,  written  after  much  urgency  on 
his  part,  and  of  others.  Those  who  know  her  will  recognize  the 
weakness  of  his  effort. 

The  reader  will  find  samples  of  her  writings  throughout  this 
work.  He  asked  her  for  a  poetic  sentiment  for  the  dedicatory 
page.  At  once  came,  "To  the  readers  of  the  Nance  Record  and 
who  are  numbered  therein. ' '  He  asked  for  something  appropriate 
for  opening  the  chapter  on  our  ancestral  head,  Clement  Nance, 
senior.  It  came  by  return  mail.  He  asked  for  lines  to  take  the 
place  of  the  picture  of  her  grandfather,  which  cannot  be  had. 
They  came  at  once,  and  will  be  found  in  their  place.  This  came 
with  them  :  "I  have  again  complied.  I  just  turned  the  mill  of 
impulse  and  this  is  what  came  out  of  it.  (A  kind  of  electric  but- 
ton business.)  If  I  touched  a  live  wire  and  you  have  your  wishes, 
I  am  more  than  gratified."  He  asked  for  a  poetic  .sentiment  on 
the  Coat  of  Arms,  bringing  out  the  similarity  between  it  and  our 
family,  both  of  uncertain  origin,  French  or  Hnglish.  Her  reply 
is  in  its  proper  place. 

Fearing  that  some  of  the  expressed  sentiments  from  the  south- 
land concerning  the  conflict  now  long  gone  by,  might  leave  a 
tinge  of  those  days  on  the  minds  of  the  readers  not  in  harmony 
with  present  day  sentiment,  the  author  asked  Cousin  Joanna  for 
a  poetic  sentiment,  up  to  date,  as  a  kind  of  antidote,  if  any  were 
needed.  Prompt  and  satisfactory  as  usual  came  the  respon.se, 
"The  Blue  and  the  Gray." 

Finally,  he  asked  for  her  photo  for  the  Memorial.  In  its 
stead  came  this  : 

Cousin  Geokge. 

If  by  my  pen,  I  have  given  you  aid 

To  add  to  your  l)ook,  I  surely  am  paid, 

By  your  kindly  good  will  and  kindly  regard, 

I  never  once  thought  I  should  have  a  part, 

In  this  "Lineage  history,"  requiring  an  art. 

To  trace,  and  to  find  those  hidden  away 

From  earth's  brightness  and  sun,  and  in  devious  ways. 


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A  pleasure  has  l)een,  to  come  to  your  call, 

Ackuowledgiui^  your  gootlncss,  that  shines  through  it  all. 

Love  for  j-our  ancestors,  the  brave  and  the  true. 

And  their  branches,  the  world  teems  with,  the  old  and  the  new. 

You  ask  for  my  face — semblance  of  my  old  self 

To  place  with  the  others  your  pages  between 

Cousin  George,  I  really  must  beg  you  to  excuse 

An  act  so  alarming,  I'd  rather  not  choose. 

'Tis  kindly  indeed  to  offer  a  place 

For  the  white-haired  old  lady,  without  an  old  face. 

But  out  of  regard  for  the  camera,  so  dear, 

I'll  refrain  for  a  time  ;  not  for  this  year. 

The  artists'  expenses  will  be  heavy  enough 

Without  my  making  a  break  ;  for  him  'twould  be  tough. 

Yours  Cousinly, 
January  27.  190.1.  10:30  p.  M.  JOSIE    D.    vS.    W. 

Elias  A.  Shield.s,  twig,  vva.s  born  at  New  Albany,  Indiana, 
October  26,  1843.  Died  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  May  2,  1902.  He 
was  of  a  cheerful,  hopeful  dispo.sition,  witty,  and  affectionate.  Was 
endowed  with  marked  musical,  artistic,  and  poetic  ability.  In 
business  he  was  accurate,  conscientious,  faithful  in  the  extreme, 
and  like  his  father,  strictly  honest.  Was  a  remarkably  rapid 
accountatit,  a  valuable  talent  for  one  in  his  position,  that  of  book- 
keeper for  large  wholesale  houses  in  Cincinnati. 

October  17,  1866,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sallie  Tumy,  and 
was,  to  the  end  of  his  life,  a  fond  and  devoted  husband.  To  their 
children  he  was  the  beloved  companion,  as  well  as  the  father  to 
be  revered  and  obeyed. 

His  days  were  spent  amid  the  rush  and  pressure  of  business, 
but  his  evenings  with  his  family  were  his  delight.  Looking  down 
from  the  heights  of  Walnut  Hills,  his  home,  he  once  said : 
"When  I  come  up  here  at  night,  I  leave  all  business  down  there 
in  the  city."     (A  wise  plan). 

He  was  a  devoted  Christian,  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 

church  in  Cincinnati.     And  now  that  he  is  done  with  life's  cares 

and  business,  and  is  at  rest,  'tis  pleasant  to  recall  his  own  words, 

written  many  years  ago: 

"  God  grant  that  amid  our  restings. 

We  can  scan  o'er  the  six  days  of  toil. 

And  find  in  our  conscience  the  verdict, 

It  is  good — it  is  pure — without  soil." 

Of  the  many  beautiful  poems  of  Cousin  Elias,  sent  the  author, 
he  can  find  room  for  but  the  following,  showing  as  it  does,  fine 
poetic  ability  : 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


1 1 


Sundays. 

Six  days  in  the  sand  of  the  desert 

Six  days  in  the  glare  of  the  sun 

Six  days  we  have  bent  'neath  the  burden, 

But  the  toil  and  the  travel  are  done. 

J 

The  oasis  is  reached,  and  the  waters 

Dance,  bubble  and  sing  in  their  glee  ; 
"We  are  life  to  all  that's  around  us," 

And  the  echo  is,  "Life  to  nie." 

We  kick  oiT  the  travel-worn  sandels. 

And  tliL-  dust  of  the  desert  we  bore 
Is  lost,  as  we  bathe  in  the  bounty 

Now  lavish  — so  stinted  before. 

We  rest — (rod  rested,  we're  told. 

When  the  earth  was  as  green  Ijcfore  Him 
As  this  emerald  set  in  the  gold. 

The  dove  coo'd  then  in  the  branches, 

And  her  mate  came,  just  as  now, 
And  the  reeds  and  the  lilies  were  rockin<'- 

to  * 

As  resting,  I  see  them  bow. 

Leaf  waved  welcome  to  cloud — 

Winds  whispered  among  the  wood — 
God  rested—"  'Twas  He  that  had  made  it," 

'Twas  He  that  had  .said,  "It  is  good." 

God  grant  that  amid  our  restings 

We  can  .scan  o'er  the  six  davs  of  toil, 
And  find  in  our  con.science  the  verdict, 

"It  is  good" — it  is  pure — without  soil. 

A  few  more  stretches  of  desert — 

A  few  more  patches  of  green, 
And  the  river  is  reached  where  endcth 

The  travel  and  burden,  I  ween. 
And  the  worn  and  the  weary  find  Sundays 

Nor  toiling,  nor  travel  between. 

—/t.  A.  S/iie/ds. 

Clement  Nance  Shields — Branch  Three. 

Clement  Nance  Shields  was  born  June  17,  1803.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Mary  Stewart,  of  Crawford  county,  Indiana, 
April  26,  1827.  They  resided  at  Marengo  for  eight  years,  he 
keeping  a  country  store.  In  1833  they  moved  to  New  Albany,  to 
better  educate  their  children.  Here  he  opened  up  a  dry  goods 
store,  but  on  August  22,  183S,  he  passed  away,  being  but  two 
months  past  thirty-five  years  of  age.  He  was  the  father  of  four 
children,  named  below  as  twigs.     The  mother  survived  the  father 


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thirty-seven  years,  caring  for  the  children   until   they  grew  up. 

She  passed  away  in  August,  1875,  loved  and  respected  by  all. 

(      Mr.  Shields  had  an  exalted  conception  of  life,  and  holy  living. \ 
AWhen  a  young  man  he  refused  a  lucrative  clerkship  in  a  store,' 
I  because  he  would  be  expected  to  sell  whisky,  a  commodity  kept 
I  by  most  stores  in  those  days. 


TWIGS. 


Avesta  A.,  h.,  1828 
Jno.  R.  Nuneiuacher,  d.. 
New  Albany,  Indiana. 


James  G..  w.,  1829-1892 
Cora  A.  Snyder 


Mary  E.,  h.,  1831 

Wni.  C.  Crane,  d 

New  Albany,  Indiana. 


David  P.,  w. 

Isadora  Hines,  d 

Memphis,  Tennessee. 


BUDS. 
Mary  C,  h. 
Horace  C.  King,  d j    ^^ 


Knima  S.,  h. 

Phil.  J.  Carleton,  d 

New  Albany,  Indiana. 


BI^OSSOMS. 


FRIUT. 


I 


Phillip  N..  d. 


Walter  C,  w..  1854 

Sallie  Clelland 

Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Frank  C,  w. 

Charlotte  Crane 

L,oui.sville,  Kentucky. 

Grace,  h.,  1862 

G.  McGowan 

L,oiiisville,  Kentucky. 

Elizabeth,  1868 
L       New  Albany,  Indiana. 


No  issue. 


■j   Stewart  C. 

1  Walter  G. 
^  Charles  R. 
I    l<ucy,  d. 


Florence  A.. 
New  Albany, 


Indiana. 

Charles  E,  w.,  1853 

Alice  Hinnian 

307     Highland     Drive, 
vSeattle,  Washington. 

William  F.,  w. 

I.,illy  Hammond 

New  Albany,  Indiana. 


Julia  Hinman. 
F;iizaheth  Shields. 
Harry  Stewart. 
Aline  Terrell. 
Bonnie  Marguarite 
Chas.  Leslie. 

Hubert. 
Katie. 


Edgar  vS.,  w. 

l,etitia  Gebhart 

Yazoo  City,  Mississippi 


Paul. 
Curtis. 
I   Jeanette. 
[  Wm.  p;arl. 
Arthur  C,  w. 

Kmely  Hare f  „     • 

I,ouisville,  Kentucky.      (  ^°  '*'^"^- 


Emma,  h. 

Steve  Barnwell 

Yazoo  City,  Mississippi 

Addie,  h. 

Al.  Wright 

New  Albany,  Indiana. 


f  Bessie. 

I  lyouise. 

!  .Steven  E. 

I  Adele. 

i  Antoinette. 


Burdette. 
Aline. 


Martin  B.,  w. 

Ada  Buck (   ^    c,-;,^., 

Seattle,  Wa.shington.       /    m.  i-rion. 


Nellie,  h. 

John  Potts 

Cincinnati,  Ohio. 


i 


Nellie, 
Marie. 
(  John. 


Albert  E.,  w. 

Rose  Campbell f  Mildred 

I„ittle  Rock,  Arkansas.    (.  ftii'a'^ea. 


Carrie,  h. 

John  Cullen 

Richmond,  Virginia. 

James  P.  (Bach.) 
New  York. 


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Very  little  biographical  matter  coucerning  the  family  above,  is 
at  hand.  The  author  has  met  a  few  of  the  family,  and  has  had 
correspondence  with  others,  and  has  an  exalted  opinion  of  the 
family,  but  they  are  too  modest  to  speak  of  themselves.  "V 

Charles  Eugene 
Crane,  bud  above,  was 
born  October  14,  1853, 
at  New  Albany,  Indi- 
ana. He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools, 
and  Morse  &  Fales 
academy,  of  the  same 
place.  He  was  trained 
in  the  wholesale  hard- 
ware house  of  Tar- 
water,  Snyder  &  Ran- 
kin's, in  Louisville, 
Kentucky.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of 
Crane  Bros.  &  Co., 
Yazoo  City,  Missis- 
sippi, up  to  July,  1891, 
when  he  removed  to 
Seattle,  Washington. 
Here  he  is  president 
and  manager  of  the 
Diamond  Ice  and  Stor- 
age Company,  the  Mutual  Light  and  Heat  Company.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  Chamber  of  Commerce. 
Rainier  and  Athletic  clubs.  His  likeness  appears  herewith,  as 
also  does  that  of  his  youngest  child,  Charles  Leslie,  in  "The 
First  Pair  of  Trow.sers." 

Frank  C.  Nunemacher,  bud  above,  was  found  at  his  place  of 
business,  by  the  author,  who  had  a  very  pleasant  call.  Mr. 
Nunemacher  owns  and  manages  a  large  railroad  printing  house 
at  436  West  Main  street,  Louisville.  He  is  one  of  the  election 
commissioners  of  the  city,  and  withal,  a  very  busy  man. 

Avesta  A,  Shields  was  born  in  1828  ;  married  to  J.  R.  Nune- 
macher, in  1847,  and  was  left  a  widow  in  1882,  in  a  fine  home  in 
New  Albany,  where  .she  continues  to  reside.  The  author  has  no 
where  received  warmer  cousinly  greetings. 


CHARI,ES   E.    CRANE. 


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The  Nance  Memorial. 


I  r 


CHARLES  LESUE  CRANE 

Blossom. 
The  First  Pair  of  Trowsers. 


ii8  The  Nanck  Memorial. 


Dr.  Pleasant  S.  Shields— Branch  Four. 

Dr.  Pleasant  Scott  Shields  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana, 
near  Georgetown,  November  30,  1806.  Died  in  New  Albany, 
same  county,  January  29,  1875.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Nancy 
Plumer,  February  5,  1835.  The  following  quotation  is  taken 
from  the  New  Albany  Ledger-Standard : 

Again  the  hand  of  deatli  has  heen  laid  on  one  of  onr  oldest  and  most 
highly  esteemed  citizens,  Dr.  Pleasant  Scott  Shields,  who  expired  at  the 
famiiv  residence  on  IMain  street,  between  Pearl  and  Bank,  at  eight  o'clock 
this  morning.  Dr.  vShields  was  born  in  this  connty,  when  the  connty  was  an 
almost  unbroken  wilderness.  He  remained  at  the  place  of  his  birth  with  his 
parents  until  his  majority,  when  he  came  to  New  Albany  and  entered  the 
office  of  Dr.  A.  Clapp,  as  a  medical  student,  and  after  acquiring  a  knowledge 
of  the  profession  sufficient  to  justify  him  in  the  act,  he  returned  to  George- 
town and  practiced  his  profession  for  .several  years.  In  1832  he  retnrned  to 
this  city  and  entered  upon  the  practice  of  medicine,  which  he  continued 
without  intermission,  and  with  great  success,  up  to  the  time  of  his  last  fatal 
illness.  In  the  profession  he  was  recognized  as  among  the  foremost  of  our 
local  phy.sicians.  He  was  pre-eminently  a  family  man,  and  in  the  fatnily 
circle  realized  the  height  of  his  enjoyment.  In  early  life  he  attached  him- 
self to  the  Pre.sl)yterian  church  in  this  city,  and  for  many  years  occupied  the 
honoral)le  position  of  elder  in  the  P'irst  Presbyterian  church,  for  the  interest 
of  which,  and  the  up-ljnilding  of  the  kingdom  of  Christ,  he  labored  dili- 
gently and  earnestly.  He  was  foremost  in  all  good  work  in  the  chnrch,  as 
well  as  among  his  fellow-citizens  outside  of  his  church  fellowship.  We 
know  that  we  but  repeat  the  sentiment  of  all  our  people,  that  none  of  her 
citizens  was  more  universally  esteemed  than  Dr.  Pleasant  S.  Shields.  He 
had  a  word  of  kindly  advice  for  all  who  sought  it,  and  his  warmest  sympa- 
thies were  always  extended  to  relieve  the  distressed.  His  Christianity  was 
carried  into  all  the  relations  of  life,  and  fully  exemplified  those  beautiful 
traits  which  give  to  the  religion  of  Christ  its  brightest  allurements.  He  was 
public  -spirited,  and  entered  into  all  enterprises  that  had  for  their  object  the 
advancement  of  the  interest  of  his  adopted  city  or  his  native  county. 

Dr.  Shields  leaves  a  wife  and  two  grown  daughters  to  mourn  the  loss  of 
an  affectionate  husband  and  a  kind  and  indulgent  parent.  These  will 
receive  the  profonnd  sympathy  of  our  citizens  in  their  bereavement. 

The  author  remembers  in  early  life  to  have  heard  his  father 
speak  many  times  in  the  most  endearing  terms  of  his  cousin.  Dr. 
Pleasant  Shields.  He  is  certain  he  must  have  been  one  of  God's 
most  noble  men.     A  niece  says  this  of  him  : 

No  truer,  nobler  person  ever  lived.  Uncle  was  the  poor  man's  friend, 
and  so  never  became  rich ;  pleasant  in  voice,  gentle-mannered  ;  winning  the 
hearts  of  all,  he  was  minister  as  well  as  physician  at  the  dying  bed. 

After  nearly  fifty  years  of  constant  practice  of  his  profession,  he 
"fell  asleep"  in  the  sixty-ninth  year  of  his  age,  and  was  numbered 


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with  his  fathers.     His  two  daughters  are  named  below  as  twigs: 


TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI.OSSOMS. 

Florence  Anna. 

.Sally  .Shields,  h. 

Curti.s  Bate.s  Mather.  I   „, 

-    Charlotte  Bates. 

Klla,  h.,  d. 

Cha.s.  W.  McCoiiaughy..   j   Charle.s  W. 


Anna,  h. 

W.  DeWitt  Wallace,  d.  . 
L,afayette.  Indiana,  919 
.State  .Street.  A  sold- 
ier, lawyer,  judge. 


.Sally   Phimer,    1840-1902. 
Never  married. 


FRUIT. 


Marv,  d. 


I   Florence  Ella. 


Anna,  h. 

Walter  T.  May (  DeWitt  Wallace. 

(   Margaret  Wallace 
Charlotte  Poole,  h. 

Winder  E.  Gold.shoroiigh    (  ,     •,.,.,, 
'^  I<aird  .Shields. 


Concerning  the  life  and  death  of  the  last  named  above,  the 
Lafayette  Conner  has  the  following  : 

Word  was  received  la.st  evening,  Ijy  Mrs.  DeWitt  Wallace,  announcing 
the  death  of  her  sister.  Miss  Sarah  Plumer  Shields,  which  occurred  last  even- 
ing (February  27,  1902),  at  five  o'clock,  in  one  of  the  hospitals  of  Imlian- 
apolis.  She  was  known  to  nearly  every  one  in  this  city  as  IMi.ss  Sallic 
Shields,  and  resided  here  for  over  twenty  years.  Iler  death  was  cau.sed  by 
erysipelas,  but  for  several  years  past,  she  has  been  in  failing  health.  It  was 
in  1S99  that  her  health  .suddenly  failed,  and  at  that  time  she  underwent  a 
serious  operation  at  the  Home  hospital.  She  was  taken  to  a  hospital  in 
Indianapolis  a  little  over  a  year  ago,  thinking  that  the  change  might  do 
some  good,  but  her  strength  wore  away  gradually,  and  nothing  in  the  power 
of  the  best  physicians  could  turn  the  tide.  The  news  of  her  death  comes  as 
a  shock,  more  so  to  tho.se  who  were  not  intimate  friends,  as  they  did  not 
know  the  seriousness  of  her  condition. 

Miss  Shields  was  born  in  New  Albany,  Indiana,  sixty-one  years  ago,  and 
was  the  daughter  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  P.  S.  Shields.  She  and  her  mother  came 
to  this  city  to  reside  in  1877,  shortly  after  the  death  of  Dr.  vShields.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Second  Presbyterian  church,  and  was  for  years  super- 
intendent of  the  infant  class,  and  there  is  not  a  j)erson  who  graduated  from 
her  cla.ss,  that  did  not  love  and  admire  her.  She  was  polished  in  literature, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Parlor,  Hill-Top,  and  Art  clubs. 

Elizabeth  Shields-Kintner — Branch  Five. 

Elizabeth  G.  Shields  was  born  December  14,  18 10.  Jacob  L. 
Kintner  was  born  May  20,  1808.  They  were  married  December 
22,  1 83 1.  His  father  gave  him  six  hundred  acres  of  timber  land 
on  the  Ohio  river.  He  cleared  it,  built  a  large,  fine  house  on  it, 
and  made  it  a  lovely  home,  where  the  children  were  all  born, 
reared  and  married.  This  was  at  Cedar  Farm,  Harrison  county, 
Indiana.  Mother  Kintner  lived  to  a  good  old  age,  dying  in  her 
eightieth  year,  February,  1890.  Anything  I  might  possibly  say 
of  this  mother  in  Israel,  would  be  tame,  beside  what  has  been  said 


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by  those  who  knew  her.  She  was  the  mother  of  five  children, 
named  below  as  twigs.  One  of  her  daughters,  Mrs.  Anna  Kint- 
ner-Moore,  writes  me  the  following  tribute  to  her  mother  : 

My  mother  was  one  of  the  lovehest  characters  I  have  ever  known.  She 
was  so  kind,  gentle  and  loving,  so  trne  and  nol)le,  so  refined  and  intelligent. 
She  had  very  poor  opportunities  to  get  an  education.  Yet  she  spelled  cor- 
rectly, and  wrote  a  clear,  fine  hand.  She  went  to  school  three  months  at  a 
time  for  two  years.  Her  books  were  the  Bible,  Webster's  speller,  and  a  very 
crude  arithmetic.  She  had  to  walk  two  miles,  and  stay  at  home  on  wash 
daj-s.     When   one  of  her  brolli-.Ts  was  going  to  be  married,  she  spun,  and 

dyed,  and  wove  the  jeans 
from  which  she  made  his 
wedding  suit.  She  was  so 
skillful,  cduld  do  all  kinds  of 
house  work,  a  fine  cook, 
dressmaker,  tailoress,  milli- 
ner, fancy  work,  embroidery, 
wonderful  knitting,  crochet- 
ing, wax  flowers,  feather 
brushes  and  fans,  hair  work; 
in  fact  I  don't  know  any- 
thing my  mother  could  not 
do  and  do  well.  Her  patience 
was  inexhaustil)le,  and  she 
was  neatness  personified. 
Always  so  bright  and  cheer- 
ful and  happy  to  the  last  dav 
of  her  life.  She  lived  in  New 
Alban3%  with  her  brother, 
James,  until  her  marriage, 
when  she  went  to  the  farm 
where  she  spent  her  life,  and 
in  all  that  country  she  was 
known  and  greatly  beloved 
for  her  kindness  to  every 
one.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  a 
faithful  true  Christian,  trusting  in  God  always  to  the  end. 

She  was  a  great  temperance  woman.  I  heard  her  tell  that  when  she 
went  onto  the  farm  there  was  much  intemperance  among  the  neighbors. 
My  father  was  going  to  build  a  barn,  and  gave  a  "barn  raising."  She  said, 
"I  am  not  willing  to  have  any  .strong  drink  for  the  men."  Father  said  he 
did  not  think  the  men  would  like  that,  as  it  was  customary  to  treat  them  on 
such  occasions.  "Very  well,"  she  said,  "I  will  make  a  big  pot  of  good 
coffee  with  plenty  of  rich  cream  and  sugar,  and  they  will  have  to  be  satis- 
fied." So  she  had  her  way,  and  that  was  the  beginning  of  better  days  in 
that  community,  for  the  men  went  home  sober  and  satisfied.  INI}-  father 
always  said  he  owed  his  success  in  life  to  her.  That  she  had  been  all  the 
world  to  him. 

(See  tribute  to  Shields  family  at  close  of  this  chapter.) 


MRS. 


EUZABETH   SHIELDS-KINTNER 

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TWIGS. 

BUDS. 

BLOSSOMS. 

FRllT. 

William  Henrs'. 

Drowned  at  21. 

Samuel  M..  1871,  w 
Elizabeth  E,  Blant 

haril. 

James  P.,  w. 

Annie  E.  Montgomery  . . 

Marv  E. 

Rock       Haven,      Ken- 

Edwin G, 

tucky.  Born  and  reared 

William  C. 

on   Cedar    Farm.   Har- 

Julia E. 

rison  county,  Indiana, 

.  James  S.,  1890, 

and   has  always   lived 

Elizabeth. 
Ada  Blanche. 

on  ,same  farm. '  A  dem- 

' Robert  G,,  w. 

ocrat.     Not    a    church 

Mary  B,  Burkett,  ., 

'    Ellen  S. 

memtjer. 

Robert  G. 
^  Malcolm  K. 

Elizabeth  S,,  h,,  ISOy-UKll 

(  Agnes  G. 

Agnes  Man,-,  h. 

William  D.  Craig.. 

<   Marv  C. 

Edwin  S.  Ciraham 

(,  Anna  C. 

Graham,  Texas. 

:\Ialcolm  K.,  w. 
Maud  S.  Garrett.  . . 

Bessie,  h, 
William  Craig 

Edwin  S, 
Anna  B 

'  Elizabeth  G. 
Mary  I<ee. 

-^   Louise  G. 

Ik 

Anna  Lizzie,  h. 

Judge  Jas.  Z.  Moore 

Lawson. 

Spokane,  Washington, 

Agnes  K. 

Annabelle. 

Charlotte. 

Charles  J.,  w. 

Viola  B.  Pack 

No  issue. 

Agnes  Mary  Kiiitner  was  born  in  1S43  :  married  to  Edwin  S. 
Graham,  of  Rock  Haven,  Kentucky,  in  1865.  Becoming  largely 
interested  in  Texas'  broad  acres,  they  removed  to  Young  county, 
Texas,  where  he  and  his  brother,  Gustavus,  laid  out  a  town,  giv- 
ing it  the  name  Graham.  It  is  now  the  county  seat,  and  a  town 
of  over  1,500  inhabitants.  This  has  been  the  home  of  the  family 
since  going  to  Texas.  Mr.  Graham  died  several  years  since,  but 
the  mother  and  her  family  are  at  home  in  the  town  that  bears 
their  name. 

Anna  Lizzie  Kintuer  was  married  to  James  Z.  Moore,  June  6. 
1S71.  Mr.  Moore  was  a  young  lawN'er,  of  Owensboro,  Kentucky, 
where  they  continued  to  reside  sixteen  years,  when  they  removed 
to  the  far  west,  settling  at  Spokane,  Washington.  Here  he 
entered  upon  an  extensive  law  practice  which  continues  to  the 
present.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional  convention  that 
framed  the  constitution  under  which  the  territory  was  admitted 
to  statehood.  He  served  two  terms  as  Supreme  Court  Judge  and 
one  term  as  prosecuting  attorne}'. 

This  couple  are  the  parents  of  twelve  children,  but  half  of 
whom  remain  to  bless  the  parents.  One,  a  sou,  was  burned  to 
death  by  the  explosion  of  a  lamp,  when  nearly  grown.     Another 


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died  of  congestion  of  the  lungs,  at  Palo  Alto,  California,  where 
he  was  attending  Stanford  University. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Graham-Craig,  bud  above,  was  born  at  Cedar 
Farm,  Harrison  county,  Indiana,  June  i8,  1869,  at  which  place, 
and  Louisville,  Kentucky,  the  first  ten  years  of  her  life  were 
spent.  The  family  removing  to  Graham,  Texas,  the  remaining 
years  of  her  girlhood  were  spent  there,  developing  into  a  lovely 
womanhood,  winning  the  love  and  affection  of  all  with  whom  she 

came  in  contact. 
In   the    fall    of 

1892,  the  family 
removed  to  Spo- 
kane, Washing- 
ton, where,  on 
September    27, 

1893,  she  was 
married  to 
William  Drum- 
mond  Craig,  of 
Graham,  Tex- 
as, a  member  of 
an  old  New 
Jersey  family  of 
vScotch  descent. 
Settling  at  once 
in  the  home  of 
her  husband, 
and  her  girl- 
hood home,  the 
remaining  years 
of  her  life  were 
spent    there. 

The  union  proved  a  happy  one,  the  home  life  being  singularly 
free  from  trouble  and  sorrow.  Three  children  were  born  to  them, 
named  above  as  blossoms. 

In  January,  1901,  she  was  taken  sick  with  la  grippe,  which 
soon  developed  into  pneumonia,  and  on  February  9th,  she  passed 
away.  Her  whole  life  was  beautiful  and  Christ-like.  She  was  a 
joy,  comfort,  and  honor  to  her  parents,  a  loving  and  sympathetic 
help-mate  to  her  husband,  a  wise  and  loving  mother,  and  a  true, 
sincere  friend. 


MRS.    ELIZABETH   GRAHAM-CRAIG 
Bud. 


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Mary  Shields-Eluot— Branch  Seven. 

Mary  Smith  Shields  was  born  December  25,  1814.  She  died 
September  30,  1885.  She  was  united  in  marriage  to  Sanniel 
Elliot,  surviving  him  many  years.  She  was  the  mother  of  no 
children. 

Tribute  to  the  Shields  Family. 

Remarks  made  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Clokey,  of  the  First  Presbyter- 
ian church,  New  Albany,  Indiana,  at  the  funeral  of  Mrs.  Ivli/a- 
beth  (Shields)  Kintner,  February  6,  1890: 

While  we  remain  in  the  bonyancy  of  onr  youth,  the  ilyinj.;  of  those 
around  us  makes  little  impression  on  us.  So  lonj.^  as  our  own  innnediate 
companions  are  sjoared,  we  do  not  seem  conscious  that  whole  households  and 
generations  are  pa.ssinjj;  away  from  the  earth.  It  is  later  in  life,  when  tho.se 
who  have  been  our  own  associates  begin  to  disa])pear  from  our  circles,  that 
we  feel  and  realize  the  chauires  that  are  takin.t;  jilace.  Then  it  is  tliat  we 
grow  lonely  and  sad,  as  we  see  that  the  places  that  liave  known  our  house- 
holds and  our  t(enerations,  are  soon  to  know  them  no  more  forever. 

Fully  eighty-six  years  ago,  when  there  was  no  New  Albany,  ('.rand- 
father  and  Grandmother  Shields  crossed  the  Ohio,  pa.ssed  beyond  "the 
knobs,"  and  settled  near  Georgetown.  Later  on,  their  rhildnn  are  funinl  in 
New  Albany,  where,  for  sixty  years,  they  and  their  children  are  part  of  the 
city's  life  and  prosperity.  So  numerous  were  they,  and  .so  largely  di<l  Ihev 
enter  into  church  and  .social  life,  that  at  the  time  Dr.  Conn  prepared  a  his- 
tory of  the  First  Presbyterian  church,  no  less  than  fifty  or  .sixty  members 
on  the  roll,  were,  by  birth  or  marriage,  related  to  the  Shields  family.  Tliese 
members  were  in  prominent  places  in  all  the  services  of  the  clnireli,  in  the 
Sabbath  audiences,  in  the  prayer  meetings,  Sal)balh  school,  and  .socials. 
James  R.  Shields  was  an  elder  forty-four  years,  and  Dr.  Pleasant  S.  Shields, 
for  thirty-eight  years. 

Then  the  Shields  name  was  as  familiar  in  all  parts  of  New  Albany  as  the 
names  of  the  streets  are  now.  Rut  what  a  ch  iiige  has  taken  place.  In  the 
cemetery,  with  a  single  exception,  two  generations  lie  buried.  The  grand- 
parents and  every  one  of  their  children  have  gone  the  way  of  all  the  earth. 
In  the  First  Church,  where  they  were  once  so  prominent,  there  is  but  a 
single  person  bearing  the  name  of  Shields,  and  in  this  city,  but  a  single  family. 

Only  six  men  are  left,  of  the  once  extensive  family,  to  tell  tlie  world  by 
the  family  name,  that  the  Shields  household  ever  existed. 

Such  a  revolution  in  so  short  a  time  nmst  cast  a  shadow  over  llie  liearts 
of  the  living,  and  make  us  feel  like  fame,  position,  or  .social  distinctions  are 
not  worth  spending  one's  life  for,  and  that  the  only  true  motive  of  conduct 
is  to  love  God  and  serve  Him  on  earth. 

But  there  is  sunshine  among  the  shadows.  The.se  rare  oM  peoi>]e,  llie 
last  of  whom  we  are  here  to  bury,  are  not  (k-ad.  They  are  living  as  they 
have  never  lived  before.  They  have  already  joined  the  as.sembly  of  the  Just 
Made  Perfect,  and  are  now  a  part  of  the  Cloud  of  Witnesses  who,  from  abf)ve, 
look  down  upon  us  who  remain  to  complete  the  earthly  race.     They  are  not 


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imclothed  but  clothed  upon,  that  mortality  inij^ht  be  swallowed  up  of  life. 
It  does  not  trouble  them  that  the  old  name  of  Shields  is  passinj^  away,  for 
the  promise  is  now  a  reality  to  them.  "I  will  K'^s  him  a  white  .stone,  and 
in  the  stone  a  New  Name  is  written  which  no  man  knoweth  save  him  that 
receiveth  it." 

The.se  godly  people  still  live  on  earth  ;  their  blood  still  flows  in  the  veins 
of  numerous  descendants  who,  though  not  bearing  the  name  of  the  original 
household,  are  nevertheless  their  children  by  nature  and  by  faith.  These 
descendants  are  now  enjoying  the  blessings  of  the  Christian  lives  and  hal- 
lowed reputation  of  their  consecrated  parents.  They  have  entered  into  the 
inheritance  which  God  has  promised  shall  flow  from  His  pious  servants  to 
their  children,  and  their  children's  chihlren  after  them.  They  live,  too,  in 
the  work  they  did,  and  the  influence  they  always  wielded  for  God's  glory 
and  human  weal.  In  looking  back,  one  .sees  them  in  the  vision  of  by-gones, 
walking  with  God,  honoring  their  professions,  keeping  sacred  the  times  and 
services  of  their  holy  altars.  Their  examples,  their  pra3'crs,  and  their  coun- 
sels have  helped  give  a  cast  to  New  Albany,  which  will  be  a  blessing  to  it  .so 
long  as  it  shall  remain  a  city.  They  still  live,  and  always  will  li\e,  in  the 
underlying  rock-bed  of  our  municipal  existence.  They  may,  in  name,  be 
forgotten,  and  future  generations  may  wonder  over  their  resting  places,  and 
ask  :  "Who  were  these  Shields?  "  But  their  work  remains,  and  God,  who 
holds  all  things  in  His  memory,  will  never  forget  them. 

You,  their  relatives  here  to-da3^  should  hallow  the  memory  of  these 
blessed  ancestors.  They  have  transmitted  to  you  a  spotless  name  ;  the  pages 
of  their  lives  lie  open  to  you  without  a  stain.  Keep  your  pages  as  clean  as 
they  have  kept  theirs,  that  the  generations  to  follow  you  may  rise  up  and 
call  }ou  blessed. 

In  burying  Elizabeth  Shields-Kintner,  we  lay  away  the  last  of  her  gen- 
eration. She  was  a  godly  woman  with  a  l)eautiful  face,  a  l^eautful  char- 
acter, and  a  beautiful  life  ;  and  you  think  of  her  now  only  to  love  her,  and  to 
revere  her  as  one  of  God's  own  saintly  children.  Be  true  to  the  principles 
that  controlled  her,  and  when  you  die,  the  living  will  be  glad  to  honor  you, 
as  to-day  they  are  glad  to  honor  her. 


The  Good  Man's  Death. 

By  J)cU  i/t  ll'a//acr. 
Suggested  by  the  de.Tth  ot  Dr.  rle.Tsant  S.  Shields. 

As  dauntless  as  a  lion. 
As  submis.sive  as  a  lamb, 

As  cheerfid  as  the  sunshine; 
Composed  as  evening's  calm. 

As  joyous  as  the  skylark, 
As  up  to  heaven  it  flies. 

'Tis  thus  the  good  man  passes 
From  this  world  to  the  skies. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 


Wii.uAM  Nance— LiM  15  Five. 

William  Nance  was  born  November  5,  17S4,  in  the  state  of 
Virginia.     Nancy  Smith  was  born  in  Rockingham  county,  Nortli 


WIIJJAM    NANCE. 


Carolina,  October  17,  1785.  They  were  married  in  1S03,  and 
removed  soon  after  to  Kentucky,  where  they  remained  about 
eighteen  months,  and  then  came  on  to  Indiana  territory,  with  his 


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father  and  the  rest  of  the  family.  In  1811,  he  was  a  volunteer 
under  General  Harrison,  then  governor  of  the  territory,  in  his 
campaign  against  the  Indians,  and  was  in  the  noted  battle  of 
Tippecanoe.  In  1836,  he,  with  his  family,  came  to  Illinois, 
settling  at  Columbus,  in  Adams  county.  Here  he  died,  and  was 
buried,  August  16,  1852.     His  wife  survived  him  several  years. 


NANCY   SMITH    NANCE. 


dying  September  24,  1867.     They  were  faithful,  earnest  members 

of  the  Christian  church.     They  were  the  parents  of  ten  children. 

Mrs.  Hiram  Nance,  of  Los  Angeles,  California,  writes  of  him  : 

He  died  soon  after  our  inarriaije,  but  he  impressed  uie  as  a  very  good 
Chrislian  man,  unassuming,  kind,  and  loved  by  all  who  knew  him. 

Mrs.  Martha  Harber,  says  of  him  : 

There  was  no  better  man  or  Christian  than  Uncle  Billy. 


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The  following  are  named  below  as  limbs: 

Dorothy  Howard,  Clement  Nance, 

John  Smit'i  Nance,  *^  Marie  Butler, 

William  K.  Nance,  Mary  Nance,'  died  at  25, 

Nancy  Lane,  Amanda  Jane  Wilkinson. 

Minerva  Fessenden,  Hiram  Nance. 

Dorothy  Nance— Branch  One. 

Dorothy  Nance  was  born  in  March,  1805,  the  same  month  the 
family  came  to  Indiana.  She  was  married  to  Levin  Howard,  in 
Floyd  county,  December  8,  1831.  Two  children  were  born'  to 
them,  named  below  as  twigs,  and  of  whom  nothing  is  known  but 
that  they  settled  in  Santa  Rosa,  California.  After  Mr.  Howard's 
death,  she  married  a  Mr.  Marsh,  who  died  without  issue.  Later 
in  life,  she  married  Elder  Ross,  a  minister  in  the  Christian  church 
of  which  she  was  a  life  long  member.  Their  home  was  in  Illinois, 
between  the  Mississippi  and  Illinois  rivers. 

'i'^^^'iOS.  BUDS.  IU.OSSOMS.  l-KriT. 

William  Howard. 
Santa  Rosa,  California. 

Jane  Howard,  h. 
William  .Smith, 
Santa  Ko.sa,  California. 

Clement  Nance — Branch  Two. 

Clement  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  September 
14,  1808.  Permelia  Watson  was  born  in  New  Albany,  Indiana. 
December  13,  1819.  They  continued  to  reside  in  this  county 
until  1838,  when  they  were  married,  October  14,  and  at  once 
went  to  Illinois,  settling  at  Columbus,  Adams  county,  then  the 
largest  town  in  the  county.  Here  Mr.  Nance  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business.  They  removed  to  Quincy,  in  1850,  when  it 
became  settled  that  it  would  become  the  county  seat.  He  con- 
tinued in  the  mercantile  business  for  man}'  years.  The  last  few 
years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  quiet  retirement,  he  having  amas.sed 
a  competence.  He  was  an  honored  citizen  of  Adams  county  for 
forty  years.  He  was  a  consistent  Christian  for  many  years,  a 
member  of  the  Christian  church  from  early  manhood.  Mr.  Nance 
died  at  Quincy,  February  7,  1878,  being  in  the  seventieth  year  of 
his  age. 

Mrs.  Nance  survived  her  husband  twenty-five  years,  dying 
April  4.  1903,  in  her  eighty-fourth  year.  She  was  loved  by  all 
who  knew  her.     She  was  a  life  long,  earnest,  faithful  Christian, 


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a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  for  more  thau  sixty- 
five  years. 

The  author  had  many  times  heard  "Aunt  Permelia"  spoken  of 
in  the  most  endearing  terms  by  those  who  knew  her,  but  it  was 
not  until  in  July,  preceding  her  departure,  that  he  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  her,  in  her  own  home,  and  forming  her 
acquaintance.  He  then  learned  why  so  many  encomiums  had 
been  spoken  of  her.  We  seldom  meet  a  sweeter  disposition  in  old 
or  young,  than  possessed  "Aunt  Permelia." 

This  couple  were  the  parents  of  five  children,  those  growing 
up  are  named  below  as  twigs : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS.  Ikl  IT. 

Walter  Clement. 

Genevra,  h. 
Jame.s  Walker. 


Anna,  h. 

Thad.  M.  Ro§;ers.  d. 
Quincy,  Illnioi.s. 


Charles  T. 

Thad.  M.,  Jr.,  w. 

Alice  McClean f  Timothy. 


I   Dorothy. 


Alline  B. 

Lsabelle  N.,  h. 
Harvey  C.  Wellman. 

Richard  N. 

I  John  B.   y 
Richard  W..  w. 

Anrelia  P.  Beebe (  Jame.s. 

Chicago,  Illinois.  j  Helen  P. 

Genevra,  h. 

Beni.  f!  Berrian (   „,  ... 

Quincy,  Illinois.  )  Clement  N. 

Mary  E., 

Quincy,  Illinois. 

The  above  family  of  children  were  born  and  always  lived  in 
and  about  Quincy.  The  city  was  born  with  them  and  has  grown 
as  they  grew.  Its  history  is  their  history  very  largely.  During 
the  author's  entire  mature  life,  he  has  seldom  seen  one  from 
Quincy  who  has  not  mentioned  the  Nances,  and  always  in  tlieir 
praise. 

Anna  Nance  married  Thad.  M.  Rogers,  who  was  prominent 
in  politics  and  newspaper  work,  for  a  long  time  on  the  Quincy 
lV/u£-.  Was  postmaster  for  a  term  of  years.  He  died  some 
years  since.  The  family  resides  in  a  palatial  home,  it  is  said. 
The  author  regrets  his  inability  to  have  seen  this  family  when  in 
their  city. 

Genevra  Nance  married  Judge  Berrian,  a  prominent  attorney 
and  judge.  They  are  enjoying  a  quiet  retired  life  in  a  fine  home 
surrounded  by  all  the  comforts  that  wealth  and  station  can  bring. 


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but  are  saddened  by  the  serious  illness  of  their  only  offspring, 
Clement  Nance  Berrian,  who,  it  is  feared,  has  lung  trouble. 
(This  is  the  only  Nance  the  author  has  ever  heard  of  who  was 
troubled  with  weak  lungs. ) 

Mary  Nance,  the  remaining  daughter,  has  spent  her  life  in  the 
service  of  her  parents,  having  tender  solicitude  for  their  every 
want.  The  author  had  heard  her  mentioned  so  many  times  as  a 
dear  cousin,  that  he  was  not  surprised  to  find  her  possessed  of  one 


RICHARD   W.    NANCE 

Twig. 

of  the  most  genial  natures,  not  for  a  moment  neglecting  the  aged 
mother  in  all  her  wants,  while  entertaining  her  newly  formed 
cousin. 

Richard  W.  Nance,  twig,  the  only  son,  has  devoted  his  life  to 
manufacturing  interests.  Bonnet  &  Nance  were  for  many  years 
stove  manufacturers  in  Quincy,  but  a  few  years  since,  removed 
their  plant  to  Chicago  Heights,  near  Chicago,  with  an  office  in 
Chicago.  The  author  has  made  several  attempts  to  meet 
"Cousin  Dick,"  but  has  always  missed  him. 


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131 


John  tS.  Nance — Branch  Three. 

John  Smith  Nance  wa.s  born  in  Floyd  count}-,  Indiana,  Decem- 
ber 8,  1809;  died  1890.  He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Matilda 
Wilson  Pritchett,  March  22,  1832,  at  New  Albany,  Indiana. 
They  moved  to  x'Vdams  county,  Illinois,  in  184S,  and  the  next 
year  the  father,  with  his  eldest  son,  William,  joined  the  over-land 
ru.sh  for  the  newly  discovered  gold  fields  of  California,  arriving 
at  Sacramento  City,  August  28,  1849.  Mrs.  Nance,  with  the 
four  remaining  children,  going  by  steamer  by  way  of  the  Isthmus 
and  joined  her  husband  in  the  fall  of  1855,  California  has  been 
the  home  of  the  family  ever  since.  On  March  22,  18S2,  at  their 
home  in  Salinas  City,  this  venerable  couple  celebrated  their 
golden  wedding,  over  one  hundred  guests  being  present.  Seven 
children  were  born  to  ble.ss  this  couple,  tho.se  growing  to  maturity 
being  given  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 


William,  1833,  w. 
Klizabeth  Martin.. 
Joloii,  California. 


Clement   P.   Nance,  lS.3f5, 
w.,  d. 

Mary  Ne.shitt 

.Sail   r,nca.s,  California. 


lU'DS. 

Eugene,  18.")8,  w. 
Eva  Williams.. . 


BLO.SSOMS. 


1-Rl  IT. 


Mary,  li. 
M.  R.  Keep. 

Alvin  P.,  w. 
.Sarah  T.  Cook . 


Emma,  h. 
Henrj-  Bushnell. 

i    William.  Jr. 


( 


i   I, oval. 
I    Marvin  Iv. 


(    l-Uhel  Mav. 
■(    Clatuk-  .\. 


Clement. 


Matilda  Jane.  h. 
Albin  I'O.ster. ..  . 


Hugh  John.  1871 

Charles  W. 

Annie,  h. 
Frank  A1)1)ott. 

Hattie,  h. 
Arthnr  Hebron. 

Grace. 

Benjamin. 

Jane. 

Jane. 

William  H. 
Grace. 
Etta. 

Frederick. 

Ida. 

William. 

Maria  Nance  Butler— Branch  Four. 

Maria  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  March  8, 
1812  ;  died  December  9,  1896,  and  was  buried  at  Spencer,  Iowa. 
She  was  united  in  marriage  with  Harriman  Butler,  in  county  of 
birth,  January  4,  1831.     Spent  mo.st  of  their  married  life  at  and 


Permelia,  h. 
Henrv  Robinson 


Nancv  E.,  h. 
H.  B.'Howard 


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near  Columbus,  Adams  county,  Illinois.  After  the  death  of  her 
husband,  she  lived  for  some  years  at  Secor,  where  the  author 
frequently  met  her.  They  were  earnest,  active  Christians,  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Epi-scopal  church.  Six  children  blessed 
this  union,  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 

Nancy,  h. 

Will.  R.  Richardson 
Secor,  Illinois. 

Minerva  B..  h. 

Andrew  Cook 

Spencer,  Iowa. 


William,  w. 

Jane  Stevens 

Clayton,  Illinois. 


BUDS. 

(  See  limb  ten,  branch  two 

(      for  this  family. 


f  Annie  Maria,  d. 
(   William  H.,d. 

I,ouis, 
Madison.  Missouri. 

William. 
Warren. 
Jennie. 
Bessie. 
Walter. 
Hester. 
L  Solon. 


Bl,OSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


James,  w. 
Jennie  Riger. 


Willie  Belle,  h. 
Arthur  G.  Francis, 
Joliet,  Illinois, 


Permelia,  h.,  1843-1900 

William  Potter 

Kl  Paso,  Illinois.  She 
was  active  and  ener- 
getic in  all  .she  under- 
took. Mr.  Potter  was 
.several  years  her  sen- 
ior, and  survives  her, 
in  great  loneliness, 
with  his  daughter, 
Delia,  at  home  with 
him.  This  family  are 
Methodists,  and  have 
lived  in  Woodford 
countv  all  their  mar- 
ried life. 

Marv,  h. 

R.  Hydler 

Spencer,  Iowa. 


f  Minnie  Olive,  h. 

Oliver  Johnson 

Gentry,  Arkaii-sas. 

Emma,  h. 

Robe.son 


Delia, 
El  Pa.so,  Illinois. 

Gertrude  Pearl,  h. 
Geo.  J.  McHugh, 
Jolly,  Mis.souri. 


(   Frank. 
-'   Walton. 
(  Robert. 


William  Berry. 


(  Floyd. 
I  Pearl. 
(  Gladdi.s. 


William  H.  Nance — Branch  Five. 


Dr.  William  H.  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana, 
December  24,  18 14.  He  was  married  to  Susan  Lane,  April  14, 
1836,  and  the  same  year  moved  with  his  parents  to  Columbus, 
Adams  county,  Illinois.  He  studied  medicine  under  the  care  of 
Dr.  Stewart,  of  New  Albany,  Indiana,  but  did  not  complete  a  full 
course  of  study  till  after  moving  to  Illinois.  In  the  urgent 
demand  for  physicians  at  that  time  in  Illinois,  he  entered  into  a 
full  practice  before  graduating,  and  continued  for  several  years, 
but  in  the  year  1848,  entered  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 


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versity  of  Missouri,  in  St.  Louis,  and  in  1849,  graduated,  and 
again  resumed  the  practice,  in  Vermont,  Illinois,  where  he  had 
resided  some  years  previously.  For  many  years  he  enjoyed  an 
enviable  reputation  as  a  practitioner,  and  in  the  course  of  his 
arduous  labors,  succeeded  in  accumulating  a  very  comfortable 
living.  Dr.  Nance  retired  from  active  practice  in  1862,  on 
account  of  serious  injuries  received  by  a  fall  from  a  buggy,  and 
with  his  family  enjoyed  the  comforts  of  a  retired  life,  after  the 
heat  and  burdens  and  cares  and  responsibilities  of  an  active  pro- 
fessional career  had  disappeared  in  the  distance.  (The  above  was 
taken  from  a  "History  of  Fulton  County.") 

After  his  retirement,  he  edited  a  staunch  republican  news- 
paper, known  all  over  Fulton  county.  He  became  a  Christian 
early  in  life,  joining  the  Christian  church.  Dr.  Nance  died 
October  i,  1885,  in  the  city  where  he  had  resided  continuously 
for  over  forty-four  years,  an  old  and  honored  resident.  His  wife 
survived  him  several  years.  They  were  the  parents  of  six  chil- 
dren, those  growing  up  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 

BUDS. 

BLOSSOMS. 

HRUIT. 

William  N.,  w. 

1   Louise. 

Alvira  McDonald 

. .  -;   Archibald. 

, 

Arthusa  I,.,  h. 

A.  W.  Lewis,  d 

Abingdon,  Illinois. 

(   Velma. 

,  CJUuJi 

Edgar,  w. 

1    Churchill. 

2nd  h.  Henry  Hyatt, 

Frances  Churchill 

..    1    Dora. 

L,a  Harpe,  Illinois. 

Denver,  Colorado. 

Charles  M. 
William  C. 

Fred,  d. 
Mary  Frances. 

-  \C>tutft<^ 

Henry  H.,  w. 

May  E. 

Susannah  E.  Rinker  

Kate  L. 

Bushnell,  Illinois. 

Sue  R.,  h. 

Ella,  h.,  d. 

,  Dr.  I.  C.  Rink 

Josephine  Lucile. 

G.  C.  Maxwell,  d 

No  issue. 

Albert,  w. 

William  H.,  w. 

Alma  Bunte 

Bertha  Louise. 

\  C  UaIJ 

Louise  L.  Pugh • 

Florence. 

Denver,  Colorado. 

Nellie. 
Scott. 
^  Ruth. 

Mary,  h. 

Andrew  V.  CarLson 

f  Chester. 

Henry  Harrison  Nance,  M.  D.,  twig  above,  was  born  in 
Schuyler  county,  Illinois,  March  4,  1841.  When  but  three 
months  old,  his  parents  settled  at  Vermont,  Fulton  county,  same 
state,  where  his  father  built  up  a  large  practice.  From  childhood 
he  assisted  his  father  more  or  less  in  the  handling  of  medicines, 
and  later,  made  many  professional  calls  with  his  father,  thus 
forming  a  liking  for  the  healing  art,  as  well  as  the  gaining  of 


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experience  that  was  afterwards  valuable  to  him.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Vermont,  and  upon  finishing  his 
schooling,  became  a  teacher,  in  which  occupation,  though  quite 
young,  he  was  successful.  In  August,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the 
service  of  his  country,  becoming  a  member  of  Company  B,  84th 
Illinois  infantry.  He  was  mustered  in  at  Quincy,  and  was  soon 
at  the  front  in  the  gallant  army  of  the  Cumberland.  This  enlist- 
ment also  gave 
him  splendid  op- 
portunities for  ad- 
vancement in  his 
])rofession,  as  he 
went  in  as  a  hos- 
p  i  t  al  attendant. 
For  a  time  he 
served  as  a  nurse 
in  the  hospital  in 
Quincy.  He  was 
then  assigned  to 
Bowling  Green, 
Kentucky,  where 
he  was  made  lios- 
l)ital  steward.  By 
order  of  General 
Rosecrans,  he  was 
detailed  to  division 
headquarters  o  n 
the  staff  of  General 
Sherman,  w  i  t  h 
whom  he  started 
on  the  celebrated 
march  to  the  sea. 
After  the  capture 
of  Atlanta,  he  was 
put  in  charge  of  the  dispensary  at  headquarters  in  that  cit}'. 
After  the  evacuation  of  Atlanta,  he  was  transferred  to  Look  Out 
Mountain,  and  was  made  assistant  surgeon.  He  remained  in  this 
capacity  till  the  close  of  the  war. 

Soon  after  returning  home,  he  entered  the  medical  department 
of  the  Ann  Arbor  University,  and  graduated  therefrom  in  March, 
1866.     From  school,  he  went  to  Belmont  county,  Ohio,  and  was 


HENRV    H.    NANCE 
Twie. 


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married  to  Miss  Susannah  E.  Riuker,  who  was  a  native  of  that 
state.  In  the  fall  of  this  year  he  purchased  a  farm  one  mile  south 
of  Bushnell,  McDouough  county,  Illinois.  Residing  on  this  farm 
he  continued  the  practice  of  medicine  for  a  few  years,  but  on 
account  of  kidney  trouble,  contracted  in  the  service,  he  was  com- 
pelled to  give  up  riding  at  the  call  of  patients. 

He  has  devoted  considerable  time  and  means  in  making  his 
farm  a  model,  and  it  may  be  truly  .said  that  he  has  one  of  the  best 
tile  drained  farms  in  the  county,  he  being  a  strong  advocate  of 
tiling  for  farm  purposes.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  post,  of  Bushnell,  and  was  its  first  quarter- 
master. 

In  1 89 1  he  built  a  good  residence  in  the  city  of  Bushnell,  and 
with  his  family  retired  from  active  life. 

The  above  facts  are  taken  largely  from  "History  of  McDon- 
ough  County."  Mr.  Nance  and  all  his  family  are  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  has  been  the  treasurer  of 
the  church  for  many  years.     Also  a  steward. 

Nancy  Nance-Lane— Branch  Seven. 

Nancy  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  April  12, 
1820.  She  was  married  to  Dr.  Wallace  Lane,  in  same  county. 
May  25,  1834,  being  but  a  month  past  fourteen,  while  the  doctor 
was  but  twenty-one.  In  1836,  they  removed  to  Adams  county, 
Illinois,  and  later  to  Independence,  Indiana,  where  his  country 
practice  was  too  much  for  his  frail  constitution,  he  dying,  June, 
1842. 

Four  children  were  born  to  this  union,  the  first  dying  in 
infancy.  The  mother  was  left  a  widow  at  twenty-two,  with  three 
children,  and  three  hundred  miles  from  her  parents.  She  returned 
to  them  at  Quincy,  Illinois,  "making  the  tiresome  journey  of  ten 
days  in  a  carriage,  many  days  not  seeing  a  hou.se  on  the  way." 

After  living  with  her  parents  four  years,  she,  in  1846,  married 
Joel  H.  Rynerson.  To  this  union  there  were  ten  children  born, 
l)Ut  three  growing  to  maturity.  Mr.  Rynerson  was  a  kind  and 
loving  husband.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  rebellion, 
serving  eighteen  months.     He  died  in  1890. 

Nancy  became  a  Christian  at  the  age  of  twelve,  joining  the 
Christian  church.  She  has  remained  in  its  communion,  except 
when  living  where  there  was  no  congregation,  in  which  case  she 
has  worshipped  with  the    Congregational  church.     She  is  now 


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residing  at  Tecumseh,  Kansas,  and  is  in  her  eighty-fourth  year. 
She  is  one  of  the  remaining  five  limbs,  there  being  but  one  older, 
Wiley  Burton,  who  is  past  eighty-four. 

Of  her  fourteen  children,  but  six  grew  to  maturity,  named 
below  as  twigs.     She  writes  : 

My  life  has  been  a  checkered  one,  full  of  sad  disappointments  ;  not 
many  flowers,  plenty  of  thorns,  but  God  has  been  with  me  and  given  me 
strength  all  along  the  right  way. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS.  FRUIT. 

Anna  I<ane,  h.,  1837,  d. 
Montgomery  Parker....    j    William,  d. 

Jcsephine  Eliza  Lane,  h. 
d. 

Henry  Hyatt (  Anna,  h.,  1870  |    Hyatt,  1891. 

I^a  Harpe,  Illinois.  |   J.  R.  Caldwell |   Jo.sejihine  E. 

I   John  C. 
Maria  I.ane,  li.,  1842,  d.  [  James  R.,  1900. 

Henry  King (    Harry,  w. 

"(    Mary  W.  Whiting )   Albia. 

Francis     M.      Rynerson,  (  Harrv. 

w.,  1850 
Mary  Adams j    p^^^^ 

(  Place. 

2nd  w.  Hettie  Place J  Clara. 

Portland,  Oregon.  (  Kate. 

"Wallace  M.,  w.,  1859 

Jessie  Prutzman f  K,,,mQ  Tr^c,=.r>Viitif. 

Kansas  City,  Missouri.    (  Emma  Josephine. 

Robert  F).,  w.,  1861  ^         » 

Ella  Campbell (   Wallace  fi^btV 

Tecumseh,  Kansas.  ( 

Wallace  Moultrie  Rynerson,  twig,  was  born  at  Pontoosie, 
Hancock  county,  Illinois,  June  i,  1859.  Up  to  the  time  young 
Wallace  was  fifteen,  his  parents  had  moved  to  the  following  places, 
consecutively,  viz.:  Dallas,  Illinois;  La  Harpe,  Illinois;  Big 
Springs,  Kansas;  O.sage  City,  Kansas;  Pilot  Grove,  Mi.ssouri,  and 
in  1874,  to  Breckenridge,  Missouri.  In  1871,  young  Wallace 
had  gone  to  live  with  his  half  sister,  Anna  I,ane  Parker,  at 
Quincy,  Illinois.  Here  he  remained  in  school  until  June,  1874. 
Then  returning  to  his  parents  at  Breckenridge,  Missouri,  he  com- 
pleted his  schooling  there,  and  taught  three  terms. 

While  at  school  and  while  teaching,  he  had  made  a  specialty 
of  civil  engineering.  Leaving  home,  he  went  to  Utah,  and 
engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  West- 
ern railway,  locating  this  road  from  Salina,  south  to  Richfield, 
and  from  the  summit  of  the  Wasateh  Mountains  to  the  Colorado 
line.  From  this  road  he  went  to  the  Canadian  Pacific  railway,  in 
British  Columbia,  and  located  the  railroad  from  the  summit  of  the 
main  range  of  the  Rocky  Mountains  to  the  Columbia  river,  and 


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from  the  foot  hills  on  the  east  slope  to  Fort  Calgary.  From  this 
road  he  went  to  the  Atchison,  Topeka  and  Santa  Fe  railway,  in 
Kansas,  Oklahoma,  and  Texas,  in  1884,  remaining  with  this  com- 
pany as  locating  and  construction  engineer,  until  1887.  when  he 
gave  up  railroading  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  press 
brick  and  the  sale  of  building  materials,  at  Topeka,  Kansas.  He 
remained  here  until  189S,  when  he  removed  to  Kansas  City, 
Missouri,  where  he  engaged  in  the  building  supply  business  on 
his  own  account.  He  says  that  in  this  business  he  has  met  with 
greater  success  than  he  expected  or  deserves. 

He  was  married  in  Chicago,  in  1894,  aud  has  one  daughter,  as 
per  table  above. 

Dr.  Hiram  Nance— Branch  Eight. 

Hiram  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  September 
23,  1822.  He  began  his  academic  education  at  New  Albany, 
Indiana,  and  in  1836,  with  his  parents,  removed  to  Adams  county, 
Illinois,  settling  at  Columbus,  where  he  finished  his  academic 
education.  He  studied  medicine  in  the  University  of  Missouri, 
St.  lyouis,  graduating  in  1847.  After  practicing  medicine  in 
Lafayette,  Stark  county,  for  fifteen  years,  he,  in  i860,  settled  in 
Kewanee,  but  a  few  miles  distant,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
during  life.  From  his  large  practice,  assisted  by  wise  invest- 
ments in  real  estate,  he  amassed  a  large  fortune,  for  one  living  in 
a  town  the  size  of  Kewanee,  and  starting  with  nothing,  as  he  did. 

Dr.  Nance  made  a  splendid  record,  both  as  a  physician  and 
surgeon  ;  was  a  member  of  the  American  Association  and  the 
State  Medical  Society,  and  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the 
Military  Tract  Medical  Society,  and  its  second  president. 

Sarah  R.  Smith  was  born  in  Batavia,  Clermont  county,  Ohio. 
December  13,  1826.  Her  parents  were  of  New  England  birth, 
but  immigrated  to  Ohio  in  the  early  days,  and  who  died  in  Illi- 
nois. She  was  the  sister  of  Judge  Arthur  A.  Smith,  who  was  for 
many  years  circuit  judge  of  the  Galesburg  district.  She  was  edu- 
cated at  Knox  college,  Galesburg,  Illinois. 

They  were  married  April  29,  1847.  They  were  the  parents  of 
twelve  children,  those  growing  to  maturity  being  named  below  as 

twigs. 

Dr.  Nance  died  of  pneumonia,  April  6,  1886,  and  in  the  sixty- 
fourth  year  of  his  age.  He  died  at  Kewanee,  where  he  had  lived 
and  practiced  his  profession  for  twenty-six  years,  mourned  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends. 


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Few  men  have  made  the  success  in  life  attained  by  him,  in  so 
short  a  time.  He  became  a  Christian  in  early  life,  uniting  with 
the  Christian  church.  There  being  no  church  of  his  choice  at 
Kewanee,  at  the  time,  he  gave  liberally  to  the  Congregational, 
the  church  to  which  some  of  his  family  became  attached,  but  him- 
self remained  true  to  the  faith  of  his  fathers.  The  author  visited 
the  palatial  home  of  this  interesting  family  in  Kewanee,  several 
times,  enjoying  the  old  time  hospitality  of  the  father,  mother,  and 


DR.    HIRAM    NANCE. 

daughters.  The  grown  sons  were  always  from  home,  while  the 
younger  ones  were  as  full  of  mischief  as  an  egg  shell  is  of  meat. 
Mrs.  Nance  passed  peacefully  to  rest  at  the  home  of  her  son, 
Dr.  H.  Irving  Nance,  at  lyos  Angeles,  California,  January  8, 
1904,  having  just  entered  her  .seventy-eighth  year.  Among  many 
other  complimentary  things,  the  Kewanee  Star-Courier  has  the 
following  : 


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139 


I\Irs.  Xaiicc  spent  last  suiumer  in  Kewanee  and  vicinity,  visilins^^  her 
children.  Leaving  Kewanee  at  the  close  of  the  summer,  she  visited  lier  son, 
Dr.  Willis  O.  Nance,  in  Chicago,  and  then  went  to  Nebraska,  where  she 
visited  her  daughter.  Belle  Castle,  and  son,  Roswell.  There  she  was  joined 
by  her  son,  Charles,  of  Los  Angeles,  and  together  they  returned  to  California. 

Few  persons  were  so  widely  known  here  as  Mrs.  Nance,  among  the  older 
residents.  For  years  the  family  has  been  conspicuously  identified  with 
Kewanee,  and  besides  this,  Mrs.  Nance,  In-  her  own  gracious  personalilv, 
marked  by  kindness,  charit}-,  and  benevolence,  has  inscribed  her  name  on 


SARAH    SMITH    NANCK. 


the  tablets  of  memory.  Her  passing  means  the  close  of  a  life  of  a  good 
woman.  In  the  circle  of  immediate  relatives,  the  loss  suffered  by  her  death 
is  irreparable.  She  held  the  affection  of  all,  in  manner  little  short  of 
remarkable,  and  as  a  mother  and  grandmother,  filled  a  place  which  was 
brightly  illuminated  by  the  spirit  of  love  and  sacrifice.  Dr.  and  INIrs.  Nance 
made  their  home  at  Lafayette  about  thirteen  years,  moving  to  Kewanee  in 
i860.  From  that  time  until  his  death.  Dr.  Nance  was  one  of  the  best  known 
men  in  Kewanee,  and  his  reputation  as  a  physician  extended  over  all  this 
part  of  the  state.     After  his  death,  Mrs.  Nance  continued  her  residence  here 


I40  The  Nance  Memorial. 


iiiiLil  1901,  when  the  condition  of  her  health  made  it  wise  to  seek  a  warmer 
cHmate,  and  she  moved  to  Los  Angeles,  where  some  of  her  children  had 
already  taken  up  their  residence. 

Mrs.  Nance  was  prominently  identified  with  church  and  charitable  work 
during  her  residence  in  Kewanee,  and  retained  her  interest  in  efforts  in  this 
direction,  here,  even  after  moving  to  California.  For  many  years  she  was  an 
active  nicml)er  of  the  Congregational  church  of  the  city,  giving  freely  of  her 
energy  and  means  to  the  promotion  of  the  aims  of  the  church.  Her  char- 
ities were  large  and  unostentatious. 

TWIC.S.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS.  FRUIT. 

Alhiiuis,  w.  (  Helen  M.,  h. 

Sarali  While •    Walter  I<.  Anderson, 

Chicago,  lllinoi.s.  (      I,incoln.  Nebraska. 


Adella  N.,  li. 

C.  A.  Shillon 

Kewanee,  Illinois. 


Paul  A. 
Carlyle  N. 
Grace  S. 
Blanche  B. 
Earl  A. 


Dr.  Hiiani  Irving,  w.  I    Willis. 

Sarah  Mann J    Forest  M. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.  ]    Hiram  I. 

[  Edward  E. 

Sarah  Belle,  h.  (  Claude  F. 

Geo.  H.  Castle,  d I  Corliss  N. 

Wyniore.  Nebraska.         (  Louise  M. 

Koswell  S.,  \v. 

Lettie  K\issell (   Zulu  M. 

Chicago,  Illinois.  j   Clyde  H. 

2nd  w.  Abby  Day j    Ruby. 

Dr.  Kov,  w. 

Marion'  Baker (    Marie  Eugene.  12-14-1887 

Los  .\ngeles,  Cal.  '(    Richard  Roy,  2-14-18iK). 

Burton  F.,  vv. 

EvaCowden... f  Daisy  A. 

Galva,  Illinois.  (  ^ 

Charles  H.,  w. 
Ilatlie  LaDow, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Dr.  Willis  Orville,  w. 

Zeliiia  Arter t    Willis  I). 

Chicago,  Illinois.  /    Clenieiil  A. 

Albinus  Nance,  twig,  was  born  at  Lafayette,  Stark  county, 
Illinois,  March  30,  1848.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Kewanee,  not  far  from  the  place  of  his  birth,  until  at  the  age 
of  sixteen,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  9th  Illinois  calvary,  and 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion.  He  participated 
in  the  following  battles  :  Hurricane  Creek,  Guntown,  Columbia 
(Tennessee),  Spring  Hill,  Franklin,  and  Nashville.  In  the  last 
mentioned  battle  he  was  slightly  wounded.  When  the  war  was 
over,  Albinus  became  a  student  at  Knox  college,  Galesburg,  Illi- 
nois, taking  a  part  of  the  classical  course.  He  then  studied  law, 
and  in  1870  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Illinois. 


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141 


In  1 87 1  he  went  to  Nebraska,  taking  up  a  homestead  in  Polk 
county.  He  divided  his  time  between  farming  and  the  practice 
of  law  for  a  time,  but  soon  gave  up  farming  for  the  more  lucra- 
tive law  practice,  in  connection  with  which  he  establi.shed  a  large 
real  estate  business. 

In  1874  he  was  nominated  by  the  republicans  for  the  state 
legislature,  and  in  due  time  was  elected.  This  was  the  beginning 
of  a  remarkable  series  of  political  victories. 


HON.    ALBINUS   NANCE 

Twig. 
Ex-Governor  of  Nebraska. 


In  1876  he  was  chairman  of  the  state  delegation  to  the 
National  Republican  Convention,  in  Cincinnati.  He  was  renomi- 
nated that  year  for  the  legislature  and  re-elected  without  oppo- 
sition. When  the  legislature  convened  in  January,  1S77,  he  was 
elected  speaker  of  the  house.     The  splendid  record  he  made  as  a 


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presiding  officer,  prepared  the  way  for  future  honors.  In  1878 
he  was  elected  governor  of  the  state,  when  but  thirty  years  of 
age.  His  administration  was  so  acceptable  to  the  people  that  he 
was  renominated  in  18S0,  by  acclamation,  and  was  re-elected  by 
an  overwhelming  majority.  The  distinguishing  feature  of  his 
administration  was  an  unassuming  but  inflexible  determination  to 

execute    the 
laws  with  fidel- 
/  \  ily  to  the  best 

interests  of  the 
people  of  Ne- 
braska, 

At  the  close 
of  his  second 
term  as  gover- 
nor, he  came 
very  nearly  be- 
ing elected  to 
the  United 
States  senate, 
and  but  for  his 
being  attorney 
f(;r  the  Union 
Pacific  railroad, 
he  would  have 
w(jn  out.  It 
was  unfortun- 
>p  ate  for  h  i  m 
^  that  his  candi- 

y  dac\'  came  at  a 

^\  time  when   the 

'V  western     states 

"had  it  in"  for 
the  railroads 
and  their  attor- 
neys. 
For  a  number  of  years  after  vacating  the  governor's  chair, 
Albinus  engaged  in  the  banking  business,  owning  large  interests 
in  several  banks.  He  retired  from  active  business  life  some  years 
since,  having  amassed  a  competence.  His  home  is  still  in  Lincoln, 
Nebraska,  l)ut  he  spends  much  of  his  time  in  Chicago.     Albinus 


RICHARD    ROY    NANCE 
liud. 


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143 


has  taken  several  trips  to  Europe,  once  taking  his  mother  and 
once  his  daughter  with  him. 

Much  of  the  above  has  been  culled  from  a  work,  "Public  Men 
of  To-day,"  1SS4. 

The  author  spent  a  very  pleasant  day  with  Cousin  Albinus, 
while  he  was  governor,  both  in  the  state  house  and  in  the  execu- 
tive mansion. 

September    30,    1S75,    Albinus   was    married   to    Miss   Sarah 


MARIE  EUGENIE   NANCE 
Bud. 


White,  of  Farigut,  Iowa.  One  child,  Helen,  was  born  to  bless 
this  union.  She  was  recently  married  in  Chicago,  to  Mr.  W.  L. 
Anderson,  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska. 

Hiram    Irving    Nance  graduated    at    Rush  Medical   college, 
Chicago.     He  first  settled  in  Crestou,  Iowa,  where  he  practiced 


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medicine  a  number  of  years,  also  looking  after  some  farm  inter- 
ests he  had  near  by.  The  author  first  met  Irving  here,  and  was 
delighted  with  his  open  heartedness.  It  is  enough  to  say  he  is 
a  regular  Nance.  Associations  with  him  in  Chicago,  years  later, 
only  strengthened  the  admiration  for  the  man.  From  Creston  he 
came  to  Chicago,  and  practiced  his  profession  for  five  years, 
loaning  money  as  a  kind  of  pastime.     In  1897  he  took  his  family 


DR.    HIRAM    IRVING   NANCE 
Twig. 

to  California  for  a  few  years,  locating  finally  at  L,os  Angeles, 
where  they  still  reside.  He  practices  little  now,  having  been  very 
succes.sful  financially,  he  does  not  care  to  practice  medicine  much. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Nance  have  a  family  of  four  very  interesting  boys, 
who,  five  years  ago,  appeared  to  give  promise  of  a  superabund- 
ance of  brain  power,  as  well  as  large  and  compact  forms  like  their 
father. 


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After 

I  b'en  down  in  ole  Kentucky 

Fur  a  week  er  two,  an'  say, 
Twuz  as  hard  ez  breakin'  oxen 

Fur  to  tear  myse'f  away. 
Alus  argerin'  'bout  fren'ship 

An  yer  hospitality — 
Y'ain't  no  right  to  talk  about  it 

Tell  vou  b'en  down  there  to  see. 


A  Visit. 

See  jest  how  they  give  you  welcome 

To  the  best  that's  in  the  land, 
Feel  the  sort  o'  grip  they  give  you. 

When  they  take  you  by  the  hand. 
Here'eni  say, "We're  glad  to  have  you 

Better  stay  er  week  or  two," 
An'  the  way  they  treat  you  makes  you 

Feel  that  ev'ry  word  is  true. 


MRS.    SARAH    MANN   NANCE. 


Feed  you  till  you  hear  the  buttons 

Crackin'  on  yer  Sunday  vest ; 
Haul  3'ou  'roun'  to  see  the  wonders 

Tell  you  have  to  cry  for  rest ; 
Drink  yer  health  an'  pet  an'  praise  you 

Tell  you  git  to  feel  ez  great 
Ez  the  sheriff  o'  the  county 

Er  the  gov'ner  o'  the  state. 


Wife,  she  zez  I  must  be  crazy 

'Cause  I  go  on  so,  an'  Nek^ 
He  'low\s,  "Goodness gracious,  daddy 

Can't  you  talk  'bout  nuthin'  else?  " 
Veil,  pleg-gone  it,  I'm  jes'  tickled ; 

Bein'  tickled  ain't  no  sin  ; 
I  be'n  down  in  ole  Kentucky 

An'  I  want  to  go  ag'in. 

— Paul  Dunbar. 


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Roswell  Smith  Nance,  twig  above,  was  born  in  Lafayette, 
Stark  county,  Illinois,  March  9,  1858.  Two  years  later  the 
family  moved  to  Kewanee,  Illinois,  a  few  miles  away,  where  he 
spent  his  school  days  until  the  fall  of  1878,  when  he  located  in 
Jefferson  county,  Nebraska,  and  engaged  in  stock  raising  and 
farming,  in  which  business  he  always  took  a  particular  interest. 

In  1879  he  was  united  m  marriage  to  Miss  Videtta   Russell. 


ROSWELI.   S.    NANCE 

Twig. 


Of  this  union  two  children  were  born.  The  wife  died  in  1884. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Abbie  Day,  at  Kewanee,  January  15, 
1885.  One  child  was  born  to  this  union.  In  1892  the  family 
moved  to  Chicago,  remaining  there  vmtil  March,  1903,  when 
Roswell's  longing  for  the  free  and  open  life  on  the  prairies,  over- 
came him  again,  and  the  family,  with  the  exception  of  the  two 


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older  children,  who  have  positions  in  Chicago,  moved  to  and  are 
living  at  Superior,  Nebraska,  where  three  miles  out  he  has  one  of 
the  best  located  stock  and  alfalfa  ranches  in  the  west. 

Dr.  Roy  Nance  was  born  in  Kewanee,  Henry  county,  Illi- 
nois. May  23,  1862.  At  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  began  teaching 
school  in  the  country  near  his  home,  and  continued  this  for  two 
years.     He  afterwards  attended  Knox  college,  at  Galesburg,  Illi- 


DR.    ROY   NANCE 
Twig. 


nois.  Deciding  upon  dentistry  as  a  profession,  he  went  to  Ann 
Arbor,  Michigan,  to  fit  himself  for  his  chosen  work.  Locating  at 
Shenandoah,  Iowa,  he  practiced  his  profession  for  five  years.  His 
eyes  troubling  him,  upon  the  advice  of  his  father  and  other 
physicians,  he  was  compelled  to  give  up  the  work  and  engage  in 
out  door  pursuits.     At  this  time  he  met  Miss  Marion  A.  Baker, 


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daughter  of  Calvin  Baker,  inventor  of  "Baker's  National  Truss 
Bridge,"  and  a  great  granddaughter  of  Captian  Charles  Baker, 
who  gained  fame  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution.  They  were  mar- 
ried Januarj'  3,  1887.  They  removed  to  L,os  Angeles,  California, 
the  following  November. 

The  doctor  is  a  great  lover  of  nature  and  travel,  having  visited 
many  lands,  including  Europe,  Africa,  Brazil,  Argentine,  etc. 


MRS.    MARION    BAKER-NANCE. 


Burton  Fred  Nance  is  a  prosperous  farmer  near  Galva,  Illinois, 
near  the  place  of  his  birth.  It  is  said  his  farm  is  a  model,  his 
residence  and  barns  being  supplied  with  all  the  modern  city  con- 
veniences. Burt  has  been  eminently  successful  in  his  chosen 
work,  and  is  considered  an  authority  in  his  business  throughout 
the  section  of  the  state  in  which  he  resides.  He  has  hosts  of 
friends. 


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Charles  Holland  Nance  was  born  at  Kevvanee,  Illinois,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1868.  He  graduated  at  Kewanee,  Illinois,  high  school,  in 
1885  ;  continued  his  studies  at  the  University  of  Illinois,  at 
Champaign,  and  completed  the  course  in  pharmacy,  graduating 
at  the  Northwestern  University,  at  Chicago. 

Mr.  Nance  early  sought  the  west,  and  entered  the  employ  of  the 
State  Loan  and  Trust  Company,  of  Ogallala,  Nebraska,  afterwards 


CHAKIJ<;S    H.    NANCE 
Twig-. 


becoming  assistant  cashier  to  that  institution.  In  1890,  he  made 
an  extensive  tour,  lasting  nearly  a  year,  and  in  wdiich  he  made  a 
complete  circuit  of  the  globe.  In  1892  he  located  in  Utah,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  drug  business  and  banking.  On  January  i, 
1893,  he  was  elected  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bai»k,  of  Logan, 
Utah,  at  that  time  being  under  twenty-five  years  of  age,  and  one 
of  the  youngest  cashiers  of  a  National  bank  in  the  country.     In 


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1895  he  went  to  Los  Angeles,  California,  his  present  residence, 
where  he  has,  since  1897,  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business. 
Mr.  Nance  was  married  February  5,  1896,  at  Los  Angeles,  to 
Miss  Hattie  LaDow,  only  daughter  of  Stephen  M.  and  Harriet  N. 
(Dornian)  LaDow,  California  pioneers  of  '49,  and  old  and  favor- 
ably known  residents  of  Los  Angeles  county. 

Dr.  Willis  Orville  Nance,  whose  likeness  appears  herewith, 
the  youngest  of  the  family,  was  born  in  the  year  1871.  He 
studied  medicine  at 
Ann  Arbor  Uni- 
versity, Rush  Med- 
ical college,  Chi- 
cago, and  Bellevue 
Hospital ,  New  York 
City.  He  began  at 
once  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in 
Englewood,  Chi- 
cago, which  he  con- 
tinued a  few  years, 
when  he  went 
abroad  for  two 
years,  taking  special 
courses  under  the 
leading  specialists 
in  London,  Paris, 
Berlin,  and  Vienna. 

Returning  to 
Chicago,  he  bought 
a  home  on  the  south 
side,  near  the  Uni- 
versity of  Chicago, 
opened  an  office 
down    town    as    a 

specialist  in  the  treatment  of  the  eye,  ear,  nose,  and  throat.  For 
a  young  man  he  is  proving  himself  eminently  successful  in  his 
specialties. 

For  a  number  of  years  he  has  held  the  chair  of  eye  diseases  in 
the  Chicago  Clinical  School,  and  is  attending  eye  and  ear  surgeon 
at  the  Cook  County  Hospital,  and  assistant  surgeon  at  the  Illinois 
State  Eye  and  Ear  Infirmary.     The  doctor  returned  to  Europe  in 


DR.    WILLIS   O.    NANCK 
Twig. 


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1902,  for  a  short  course.  His  office  is  at  100  State  street.  He  is 
secretary-treasurer  of  the  Western  Alumni  Association  of  the 
University  and  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College. 

Before  going  to  luirope  on  his  first  trip,  he  married  one  of 
Englevvood's  most  charming  and  accomplished  daughters,  in  the 
person  of  Miss  Zelma  Arter,  who  accompanied  him  on  his  two 
years  trip  abroad. 

The  doctor  is  a  very  young  man  for  the  prominence  he  has 
attained,  and  bids  fair  to  round  out  a  successful  career  in  his 
chosen  profession.  As  will  be  noticed  in  the  table  above,  he  has 
named  his  second  son,  Clement,  in  honor  of  our  ancestral  head. 

I  will  say  here  that  in  the  preparation  of  the  matter  for  this 
work,  it  seemed  to  me  that  the  end  might  not  come  in  my  day,  so 
I  arranged  that  should  I  be  called  hence  before  the  consummation 
of  this,  my  pet  scheme  of  life,  the  manuscript  should  be  placed  in 
Cousin  Willis'  hands,  as  I  believe  he  would  be  the  most  likely  to 
carry  the  matter  to  completion. 

Amanda  Jane  Nance-Wilkinson— Branch  Nine. 

Amanda  Jane  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1825,  and  died  at  La  Harpe,  Illinois,  August  3,  1901. 
She  came  to  Illinois  with  her  parents,  in  1836.  She  was  married 
to  John  Wilkinson,  December  17,  1849.  I^a  Harpe  has  ever  been 
the  family  home,  where  the  husband  died  in  1893.  From  her 
obituary  I  glean  the  following  : 

Her  nature  was  kindly  and  considerate  always,  and  her  work  was  most 
charitable  and  benevolent.  It  was  always  done  in  a  Christian  spirit.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Christian  church,  joining  that  bod}-  in  her  early  life, 
and  was  a  charter  member  of  the  ha  Harpe  organization.  Her  life  has 
always  been  consistent  with  the  professions  she  made.  Her  home  has  been 
hospitable,  and  the  stranger  found  food  and  shelter  with  never  a  question  as 
to  worthiness ;  that  pre.sent  needs  demand  her  attention  was  sufficient  to 
enlist  her  sympathies  and  help.  Hers  has  been  a  life  of  usefulness,  and  a 
life  of  devotion  to  her  family  and  friends ;  a  life  of  right  living. 

(John  Wilkinson's  first  wife  was  Mary  Ann  Nance,  daughter 
of  "Uncle  Giles,"  and  therefore  a  cousin  of  the  second  wife.) 

Eleven  children  were  born  to  this  union,  those  surviving  the 
mother  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 


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TWIGS. 

Belle,  h. 

Chas.   Hradshaw 

l,a  Harpe,  Illinois. 


Fred  A.,  w. 

Emma  Walter 

l,a  Harpe,  Illinoi.s. 


Hiram  Irving, 
Kewanee,  Illinois. 

Mary  M., 
Kewanee,  Illinois. 


BUDS. 
Nellie,  h. 
Blocketone. 

Harry. 
Truman. 


BI^OSSOMS. 


KRUIT. 


(  Maud. 
i  Ruth. 


Minerva  Nance — Branch  Ten. 


Minerva  Nance  was  born  about  1827.  Married  Henry  Fessen- 
den.  Five  children  were  born  to  thi.s  union,  those  growing  up 
are  named  below  as  twigs.     Nothing  more  is  known  of  this  family. 


TWIGS. 

Emma,  h. 

Burrows. . . 

2nd  h.  I'ixley. 


BUDS. 


BI.OSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


Minnie 


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Angie,  h.  [   Gertrude,  h. 

Jos.  Sterling )    Peter  McHetrick f  1. 

'l  (  2. 

t  Everett. 
Edward. 

Eva,  h.,  d. 
Joseph  Swift. 


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CHAPTER  VII, 


Nancy  May  Oatman — Limb  Six. 

Nancy  May  Nance  was  born  in  Virginia,  March  22,  1786. 
She  died  in  Texas,  in  1864.  Elder  John  Oatman  was  born  in 
Kentucky,   July   14,  1787.     He  died  in  Texas,  in    1875.     They 

were  married  in  Floyd 
county,  Indiana,  December 
J  8,  1806.  John  Oatman 
was  the  son  of  Joseph  Oat- 
man, the  old  ferryman 
who  "jumped"  the  claim  of 
our  ancestral  head  as  related 
on  page  twelve.  The  names 
of  the  brothers  and  sisters, 
as  given  in  the  will  of  the 
father,  were,  Elizabeth 
Beverly  Hurst,  J  o  h  n  ,  '^ 
George,  Susanna,  Jesse,  ^^ 
Peggy.  a"d  Julia  Ann. 
John  was  named  in  the  will 
as  executor,  and  took  out 
letters  of  probate,  June  8, 
18 1 2,  at  Cory  don,  Harrison 
county.  This  was  before 
the  formation  of  Floyd 
county.  John  received  by 
will,  130  acres  of  the  afore- 
said jumped  claim. 

After  residing  about 
New  Albany  until  1820,  they  removed  to  the  west  central  portion 
of  the  state,  on  a  farm,  some  say  near  Green  Castle,  Putnam 
county,  some  say  near  Crawfordsville,  Montgomery  count)',  and 
others,  at  Rockville,  Parke  county.  In  1828  they  removed  to 
Illinois,   settling  at   Walnut  Grove,  now   Eureka.     The  govern- 


KI.DKR    JOHN    OATMAN. 


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ment  lands  had  not  been  surveyed  as  yet.  But  one  claim  had 
been  "squatted"  upon,  that  where  the  city  of  Eureka  now  stands. 
The  next  claim  was  laid  by  Father  Oatman,  just  north  of  the 
former,  and  on  both  sides  of  the  street  running  north  of  the  town. 
His  claim  ran  to  the  present  streets  or  roads,  one  running  to  the 
northeast  and  the  other  to  the  northwest.  Between  these  roads, 
Thomas  Deweese  took  his  claim,  and  other  members  of  the  family, 
as  per  ages,  mostly,  took  claims  to  the  north  westward.  The 
streets  as  now  used  were  laid  out  by  the  Oatmans,  with  the  agree- 
ment that  when  the  lands  were  surveyed,  each  should  deed  to  the 
others,  the  parts  lying  across  either  road  from  the  main  land. 
These  borders  have  never  been  changed. 

The  present  Christian  church  at  Eureka  was  organized  in  the 
cabin  of  Elder  Oatman,  in  April,  1832,  as  the  Walnut  Grove 
Church  of  Christ.  Themselves  and  five  of  their  children,  viz.: 
Eliza,  Clement,  Joseph,  Jesse,  and  Hardin,  comprising  seven  of 
the  thirteen  charter  members.  John  Oatman  was  their  elder  and 
preacher. 

The  family  removed  to  Dundee,  Illinois,  in  1S35,  but  after  a 
few  years,  all  but  Joseph  and  Jesse,  moved  .south,  settling  in 
Missouri  and  Texas.  Father  Oatman  and  his  sons,  John,  William, 
and  Pleasant,  were  large  stockraisers  and  dealers  in  Bastrop,  and 
later,  Llano  county,  for  many  years  after  settling  in  Texas. 

Elder  Oatman  was  formerly  a  Presbyterian,  but  himself  and 
wife  accepted  the  teachings  of  Alexander  Campbell  and  his  coagi- 
tors  very  early,  even  before  they  became  a  separate  body,  and 
ceased  not  during  a  long  life  to  declare  the  same.  He  was  a  great 
preacher.  He  will  have  many  stars  of  rejoicing  in  his  crown. 
He  was  an  active  minister  of  the  gospel  for  forty  years,  always 
refusing  remuneration  for  his  services.  Who  can  tell  how  much 
of  the  credit  of  the  great  work  of  the  Eureka  church  and  college, 
as  told  in  the  introduction,  is  due  to  Father  and  Mother  Oatman, 
as  the  instigators  and  organizers  of  the  church  in  their  cabin  ? 
Eternity  alone  can  tell. 

Aunt  Nancy  assisted  her  husband  in  the  preparation  of  his 
sermons,  as  well  as  in  all  his  other  work.  She  was  a  great  stu- 
dent of  the  Bible,  great  to  advise  the  young  how  to  do,  how  to 
live  and  how  to  be  good.  She  was  fluent  in  quoting  scripture. 
"Search  the  .scriptures  for  they  are  they  which  testify  of  me," 
etc. ,  was  a  favorite  passage  with  her.  It  is  said  her  sons  often  spoke 
of  her,  even  before  her  death,  as  "Mother  Saint."  Mrs.  Merica 
Oatman,  widow  of  Pleasant  Oatman,  writes  of  her  as  follows: 


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Mother  Oatinan  was  such  a  wonderful  woman.  I  wish  I  coukl  give  you 
something  of  a  history  of  her  lovely  life.  I  was  married  to  her  youngest 
son,  in  1S51,  and  lived  inclose  communion  with  her  as  long  as  she  lived. 
She  was  a  statesman  and  a  historian.  She  could  relate  whole  hooks  she  had 
read  in  her  maidenhood.  She  and  her  father  were  present  at  a  great  tent 
meeting  in  Kentucky,  when  so  many  prominent  Presbyterians  broke  away 
and  declared  against  creeds  and  dogmas,  and  it  was  so  interesting  to  hear 
her  tell  of  the  great  sensation  it  caused.  God  answered  my  prayer  when  he 
l)ul  mc  under  Mother  Oatman's  tutorship,  who  taught  me  to  study  the  scrip- 
tures and  be  obedient  to  the  commands. 

INIother  never  had  a  picture  taken,  but  she  so  much  resembled  General 
Washington,  that  my  eldest  child,  Villitta,  in  her  childhood,  would  always 
exclaim  when  shown  his  picture,  "That  is  my  grandma." 

The  first  five  of  their  children  were  born  within  a  period  of 
two  years,  four  months,  and  fourteen  days.  The  mother  used  to 
console  her  hu.sband  by  quoting  Solomon:  "Many  children  are 
a  great  blessing."  And  so  it  proved  to  them,  for  tliere  were  no 
drunkards,  thieves,  or  depraved  among  her  twelv^e  .sons.  Sixteen 
children  were  born  to  this  couple,  thirteen  growing  to  maturity. 
They  are  named  below  as  branches  : 


Eliza  Shields, 

\vins. 

Simeon, 

Clement,  )  ^ 
Joseph,     j 

wins. 

Jesse, 

Hardin, 

Preston,  died  young. 

John, 

Theresa,  died  young. 

James  R., 

Ira, 

George,  died 

young. 

Mary  Ann  Stevens, 

William, 

Pleasant  S. 

America  Oatman — Branch  One. 

America  Oatman,  twin  of  Eliza,  was  born  in  Floyd  county, 
Indiana,  October  26,  1807.  She  was  married  to  Thomas  Dewees 
early  in  life.  They  lived  consecutively  at  Green  Castle,  Indiana; 
Walnut  Grove,  Illinois;  Dundee,  Illinois,  and  Sequin,  Texas. 
The  author  has  been  unable  to  gain  any  additional  information 
of  this  family.  The  prominence  of  their  children  indicate 
intellectuality  in  the  parents.  Twelve  children  were  born  to  this 
union,  named  below  as  twigs  : 


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TWIGS. 

David,  w.,  d. 

• Gibbons 


BUDS. 


BL,OSSOMS. 


America,  d. 


I-RUIT. 


John  O.,  w.,  d. 

Annie  Irvin 

San  Antonio,  Texas. 


Ann  Eliza,  h. 
Carroll  Billingsley. 
Seguin,  Texas. 


I 


Alice,  h.,  1873 

Hal  Howard 

P"lore.sville,  Texas. 

John  O. 
William  T. 

Thomas  U.,  w. 
Burrows 


Mary,  h. 
Benj.  George. 


William,  w. 

Nellie  Stewart 

.Sail  Antonio,  Texas. 


Nancy  Ellen,  h..  d. 

Wni.  Crandall 

Alexandria,  L,ouisiana. 


Mariana,  d. 


Thomas,  w. 
Ellen  Tomb,  d. 


2nd  w.  Kate  Ham, 
,San  .Antonio,  Texas. 


Isaac,  d. 

Ira  Adelbert,  w.,  1847 

Georgia  Kerr 

Alpine,  Te.xas. 


Madina,  h, 
William  Irvin  . . . 
CotuUa,  Te.xas. 


l,ee,  died  at  18. 


j  John  O. 

Oscar,  w.,  d. 
Mary  Billings. 

Lee,  h. 

Frank  Wassenick 

Floresville,  Texas. 

Jordon, w. 
H.  S.  Churchill, 
San  Antonio,  Texas. 

Henrj',  w. 

Pearl,  h. 

Clark 


John  D. 
Henry  L,ee. 
Floresville,  Tex. 


I<antie. 
6  otherg. 


l,essie  L,ee. 


Erick,  188.'). 
Dahl. 


Josie,  h. 

John  Y.  F'ergu.son 

Alexandria.  L,ouisiana. 


Jennie,  h.,  d. 

Chas.  Weems 

I.ouisiana,  Texas. 


William  w 

Floresville,  Texas. 

Edward,  w. 
Rose  Herr, 
Floresville,  Texas. 

Oscar,  w. 
Myrtle  Richell, 
Indian  Territory. 

Ola,  h.,  187.5 
Waldo  Beckly. 

Georgia  Ira,  d. 
Charles,  188.") 

-San  Antonio,  Texas. 
Clarabel,  1887. 
[  Katie  Graves,  1890. 


f  John  Wm.,  d. 

Robt.  .\delbert,  w. 

Margaret  Long,  d.. 

Chicago,  Illinois. 

'  Jordon,  w.,  1871 

Edna  Barton 

CotuUa,  Texas. 


1  child. 


Josie,  h. 
Quigley. 

John  T. 
David. 
I^izzie. 
Georgia. 

Nennie. 
Charles. 
May, 
3  others. 

3  children. 


(   Adelbert  Long^. 
■/   Carroll  Fontaine. 


,5  children. 


Eugene. 
Mabel,  h..  , 
Grace. 
Thomacine. 
[  Clare. 


1  dead. 


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Eliza   Oatman— Branch  Two. 

Eliza  Oatman,  twin  to  America,  was  born  in  Floyd  county, 
Indiana,  October  26,  1807.  She  died  at  Dundee,  Illinois,  in  1888. 
She  was  married  to  Thomas  Shields,  who  died  young.  vShe  was 
the  mother  of  no  children.  She  lived  many  years  a  widow. 
Family  ties  were  strong  in  her,  as  were  those  that  bound  her  to 
her  Savior. 

Simeon  Oatman — Branch  Three. 

Simeon  Oatman  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  April  27, 
1809.  He  studied  medicine  in  Dundee,  Illinois,  and  Rush  Medi- 
cal college,  Chicago.  He  married,  settled,  practiced,  and  died  in 
Missouri,  early  in  life.  His  wife  was  Margaret  Mattlock.  Four 
children  blessed  this  union,  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 

BUDS. 

f  Edward  J. 
Orra,  d. 

BLO^ 

Miner\a,  h. 

Jerome. 

Williani  Ward ■ 

Simeon. 

South   Haven,  Kan.sas. 

Minnie,  h. 

Prosser. 

Glenn,  w. 

Grace. 

Lilla  Kinjj.'ibury 

.Albert. 

Cottonwood,  Kan.sas. 

.•\lice. 
Edeth. 

Sarah  Ellen,  h.,  d. 

Edward,  Jr. 

Edward  O'Brien 

Chicago,  Illinois. 
Hattie  B.,  h.,  d. 

A.  M,  Wheeler 

Harry  J. 
Roger  N 

p;ieanor  Rae,  h. 

New  York  City, 

George  Oatman.  d. 

John  JI.  Oatman,  d. 

I'-RUIT. 


Clement  Oatman — Branch  Four. 

Clement  Oatman  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  March 
10,  1 8 10,  a  twin  to  Joseph.  To  his  first  wife,  Lockey,  were  born 
three  children,  named  below  as  twigs.  The  second  wife  was 
Eliza  Holbrook.  She  had  no  children.  After  burying  both 
wives  he  became  a  minister  in  the  Christian  church. 

Clement  Oatman  was  a  volunteer  in  a  McLean  county,  Illinois, 
company  engaged  in  the  Black  Hawk  War,  who  were  at  the  battle 
of  "Stillman's  Defeat."  He  was  one  of  twelve  men  who  were 
present  at  the  muster  out  after  two  months  service.  They  were 
mustered  out  at  the  mouth  of  Fox  river,  May  27,  1832.  They 
were  called  mounted  volunteers. 


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TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI<OSSOMS.  FRUIT. 

Tempie  J.  Lockey. 
Evigenia  Ben  Gleson. 


Retijaniiii.  w..  d. 
Mary  Smith 


Jane,  d. 


Peyton,  w. 
Sultz. 

Bertie. 

Mary  lyee,  h. 
Johii  Banty. 

Julias. 
Charles. 
Samuel,  d. 


Lockey  Ann.  h. 

Frank"  Holden f  Alonzo. 

\  George. 

Joseph  Oatman — Branch  Five. 

Joseph  Oatman,  twin  to  Clement,  was  born  in  Floyd  county, 
Indiana,  March  lo,  1810.  He  came  to  Illinois  in  the  year  1828, 
settling  at  Walnut  Grove,  as  is  related  in  the  history  of  his  father. 
Like  all  the  grown  members  of  the  family,  he  settled  on  govern- 
ment land,  his  section  falling  in  the  north  edge  of  the  grove  and 
to  the  west  of  the  older  members  of  the  family.  He  and  his 
brother,  Jesse,  built  a  log  house  in  common,  which  they  sold  with 
their  claim  to  James  Mitchell,  about  1834.  This  cabin  was  a  sub- 
stantial one,  and  still  remains,  or  did  a  few  years  ago,  when 
William  Mitchell  pointed  it  out  to  the  author.  The  first  post- 
office  that  was  established  at  the  grove,  was  kept  in  this  cabin, 
and  James  Mitchell  was  the  postmaster.  While  residing  here, 
Joseph  married  Polly  Ann  Wyatt.     Their  first  child  was  born  here. 

In  1835  the  Oatman  family  removed  from  Walnut  Grove,  and 
settled  in  Kane  and  Cook  counties,  as  is  related  elsewhere.  As 
is  stated  elsewhere,  Jo.seph  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Walnut 
Grove  Christian  church,  established  in  his  father's  cabin  in  1832. 
Whether  he  made  confession  of  his  faith  at  this  time,  or  prev- 
iously, is  not  stated.  He  was  ever  after,  a  faithful  Christian. 
He  was  very  devoted  in  his  religion,  and  delighted  to  talk  on  the 
subject.  He  was  very  fond  of  his  family,  and  was  wont  to  gather 
his  children  upon  his  knees  of  evenings,  and  sing  to  them  and 
tell  and  teach  them  Bible  stories. 

Joseph  Oatman  was  square  built,  medium  statue,  thick  set, 
broad  shouldered,  with  black,  curly  hair,  sandy  beard,  gray  eyes, 
and  a  broad,  white  forehead.  Socially  he  was  genial,  often  even 
jolly,  and  much  given  to  telling  stories.  He  had  a  good  mind 
and  was  wont  to  think  independently.  He  was  positive  in  his 
convictions  and  not  easily  turned. 


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He  took  much  interest  in  local  politics  and  was  a  leader  of 
men.  Almost  any  office  in  the  gift  of  his  friends  could  have  been 
his,  but  he  persistently  refused  all  political  office  of  every  kind, 
saying  that  his  interest  went  no  further  than  to  see  that  the  right 
prevailed.  That  he  enjoyed  the  contest  may  also  be  believed,  for 
he  was  quite  combative  and  keenly  enjoyed  an  argument.  He 
would  probably  have  made  a  fine  lawyer.  He  was  a  crack  shot 
with  the  rifle  or  musket,  and  often  brought  down  a  deer  or  other 
game  that  furnished  meat  for  his  family  and  his  neighbors.  For 
a  number  of  years  he  suffered  declining  health  under  a  complica- 
tion of  liver  and  kidney  affections,  and  at  the  age  of  forty-one, 
the  end  came.  He  told  his  family  of  a  beautiful  spot  near  the 
house  on  the  farm  where  he  wanted  to  be  buried,  so  as  to  be  con- 
stantly near  them,  "where,"  he  said,  "the  flowers  will  bloom  and 
the  birds  sing."  It  is  but  just  to  say  that  in  all  his  life's  work 
he  was  heartily  seconded  by  his  faithful  wife,  whose  unselfish 
devotion  to  her  family  knew  no  bounds.  She  survived  her  hus- 
band two  years,  dying  in  1853,  leaving  five  orphan  children  from 
five  to  nineteen  years  of  age.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  those  growing  to  maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs: 


TWIGS. 


Candace  K.,  h.,  d. 
Rilev  Crawford,  d. 


Nancy  M.,  h. 
Rev.  N.  J.  Aylesworth, , 
Auburn,  New  York. 


Many  Ann,  h. 
Chas.  Howard,  1839-1902. 
Dundee,  Illinois. 


BUDS. 
Fred  H..  w. 

lamina  Dickey 

Kivcr  I'"all.s,  Wi.scoii.sin 

Alice. 

Carrie,  h. 

French  Uaird 

Hertel,  Wi.scon.sin. 


BI^OSSOMS. 
I<illie  May. 
Frank  11. 
(ieorge  P. 
lUhcl  P. 


FUriT. 


(   A11)ert  V. 
-;    Arthur  I\I. 
(   Vernon  C. 


I.illie,  h. 
Dewitt  Kidder. 

F'rank.  w. 
Maud  IvOvell. . . 


Helen  Ann,  h. 
Chas.  Morse, 
Corning,  California. 

Ruth  L.,  h. 

Jas.  B.  Macbeth 


John  William,  w. 
Delia  Head 


(  Florence  M. 

\  Ila/.el  A. 

j  Bertha  M. 

I  Meta  F.    , 


Helen  May. 

INIarian  I^orena. 

Harold  P. 


Helen  A.,  h. 
Myron  Blood. . ., 
Rowley,  Iowa. 


Elvira  v.,  h. 

Chauncy  Parniley 

Present  postmaster, 
Dundee,  Illinois. 


No  issue. 

Belle,  h. 
lA'man  Beaman. 


Harriett  h. 

Chas.  Tripp 

Montezuma,  Iowa. 

Ray. 
No  i.ssue. 


I.,yman. 

\   (iladdis. 
(    lone. 


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Nancy   Margaret  Oatman  was  born  January  15,  1837,  on  her 
father's  farm,  near   Klgin.     Her  girlhood  was  spent   there,  and 
there  she  attended  the  district  schools,  supplemented  by  a  few 
terms  in  Dundee  academy.     In  her  early  teens  her  parents  died. 
After  this  breaking  up  of  the  family  home,  the  children  went  to 
live  with  their  mother's  relatives,  near  Bloomington,  Illinois,  and 
Nancy  M.  spent  .some  time  at  the  Major  Female  college,  of  Bloom- 
ing.    She   then   began  to   teach  in  the  district  schools,  and  con- 
tinued   to    teach 
more  or  less  from 
then    until     her 
marriage.    After 
spending     three 
years      in      the 
region  of  Bloom- 
ington,   she    re- 
turned    to     the 
vicinity    of    her 
old    home,    near 
Elgin,  and  made 
her  home  in  the 
family  of  David 
H  a  m  m  o  n  d  ,  a 
devoted      friend 
of    lier     father. 
While     engaged 
as  teacher  of  the 
graded  school  of 
Barrington,  near 
by,   she   became 
acquainted  with 
her  present  hus- 
band,  and    they  \ 
were  married  by    Dr.  Robert  Boyd,   pastor   of  the    Edina    Place 
Baptist  church,  Chicago,  March  14,  1863, 

The  prolonged  illness  of  her  husband  has  laid  on  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  many  severe  trials  and  burdens,  which  she  has 
borne  with  fortitude,  and  that  hopefulness  of  spirit  so  essential  to 
keeping  the  heart  whole  in  the  midst  of  life's  trials. 

lu  her  early  womanhood  she  entered  upon  the  religious  life 
and  became  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Dundee,  but  later 


NANCY   OATMAN   AVI.SWORTH 

Twig. 


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took  membership  with  the  Disciples  of  Christ,  and  has  ever  con- 
tinued a  devoted  follower  of  the  Master. 

Nicholas  John  Aylsworth  was  born  on  a  farm  in  the  township 
of  Cuba,  Lake  count}',  Illinois,  January  15,  1843,  of  John  and 
Ann  Frances  Aylsworth.  His  early  schooling  was  that  of  the 
rude  district  schools  of  the  time,  until  in  his  thirteenth  and  four- 
teenth year,  he  enjoyed  a  few  months  of  academic  instruction. 
When   he  was  fifteen  years  of  age  he  taught  his  first  school,  a 

district  school  of 
three  months, 
and  continued 
thereafter  to 
teach  more  or 
less  until  his 
graduation  from 
college. 

At  the  age  of 
seventeen,  he 
entered  Chicago 
University,  and 
was  soon  ad- 
vanced to  the 
second  college 
year.  He  grad- 
uated from  this 
institution  in 
1863,  at  the  age 
of  twenty,  re- 
ceiving the  de- 
gree of  A.  B., 
to  which  was 
added  three 
years  later  that  of  A.  M.  About  the  time  of  his  graduation  he 
married  Nancy  Margaret  Oatman,  named  above.  In  the  fall  of 
1863,  he  became  principal  of  an  academic  school  at  Harrington, 
Cook  county,  Illinois,  but  after  eighteen  months  teaching,  declin- 
ing health  compelled  him  to  abandon  the  school  room.  He  then 
read  medicine  and  ministered  to  the  spiritual  needs  of  a  little 
Christian  church  located  in  that  place.  Before  graduating  in  the 
medical  profession,  he  received  a  call  from  the  Northern  Illinois 
Christian   Missionary  organization,  comprising  several  counties, 


KINDER    N.    J.    AVI^SWORTH. 


1 64  The  Nance  Memorial. 


to  become  their  evangelist  for  six  months.     He  thereafter  con- 
tinued to  preach  until  his  health  failed  permanently. 

His  first  pastorate  was  at  O' Plain  (now  Gurnee),  near  Wau- 
kegan,  Illinois,  and  continued  eighteen  months.  The  next  was 
at  Ligonier,  Indiana,  where  he  remained  two  years,  and  resigned 
to  enter  upon  the  work  of  founding  a  church  at  Angola,  Indiana. 
Here  he  remained  two  and  a  half  years,  bestowing  half  his  time, 
and  left  a  church  property  here  worth  six  thousand  dollars,  and  a 
membership  of  one  hundred  and  sixty.  This  is  now  one  of  the 
very  best  missionary  congregations  in  the  Christian  church. 
From  Angola  he  went  to  Fort  Wayne,  same  state,  to  do  a  like 
work.  Here  he  remained  five  and  one-half  years,  providing  a 
church  property  worth  ten  thousand  dollars,  practically  unin- 
cumbered, and  leaving  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  sixty. 
Much  of  this  latter  work  was  done  in  the  stress  of  the  great 
financial  panic  of  1873-7,  requiring  a  desperate  effort  to  save  the 
enterprise  from  ruin.  The  extra  care  and  labor  involved  perma- 
nently wrecked  what  had  always  been  a  frail  constitution.  A 
year  and  a  half  at  Syracuse,  New  York,  doing  half  work,  and  two 
and  a  half  years  at  Auburn,  same  state,  ended  the  cares  of  active 
service,  in  1881.  The  disease  was  at  first  neurasthenia,  a  severe 
nervous  break  down,  later  complicated  with  rheumatic  troubles. 
It  has  been  impossible  for  Brother  Aylsworth  to  walk,  or  even 
stand  upon  his  feet,  for  many  years.  A  gradual  improvement  in 
the  general  condition  has  made  it  possible  to  do  a  little  writing 
since  1895,  and  he  has  since  that  time  been  a  paid  correspondent 
of  the  Christian  Evangelist,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  He  also 
became  the  author,  in  1899,  of  a  small  monograph  of  one  hundred 
and  four  pages,  on  the  "Frequency  of  the  Lord's  Supper,"  and 
in  1902,  of  a  larger  work  of  four  hundred  and  seventy-one  pages, 
on  "Moral  and  Spiritual  Aspects  of  Baptism,"  which  has  met 
with  a  very  gratifying  reception  from  the  religious  public. 

Mr.  Aylsworth's  religious  affiliations  are  with  the  Christian 
church,  he  having  become  a  member  of  that  body  when  a  child 
of  eight  years. 

Mr.  Aylsworth  and  family  have  continued  to  reside  at  Auburn, 
the  place  of  his  complete  break  down.  The  following,  from  the 
pen  of  the  Rev.  D.  H.  Patterson,  pastor  of  the  Church  of  Christ, 
in  Auburn,  is  taken  from  the  Christian  Evangelist,  of  April 
26,  1900  : 

Brother  Aylsworth  is  remarkable  for  versatility.      His  conversation  is  as 


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interesting  as  his  writing.  He  is  willing  to  talk  and  always  has  something 
to  say.  He  is  also  a  good  listener ;  he  will  allow  his  companion  his  full 
share  of  the  conversation,  if  not  more  ;  yet,  there  are  few  who  care  to  talk  if 
the}-  maj-  listen  to  him.  One  realizes  that  he  is  in  the  presence  of  a  superior 
mind,  but  never  feels  ill  at  ease.  He  reads  a  book  and  tells  you  what  it  con- 
tains. His  memory  reaches  across  years  of  physical  pain  and  debility  and 
lays  hold  of  treasures  gathered  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago.  The 
standard  books  of  his  library  have  long  been  sold,  those  that  are  left  are  out 
of  date  ;  yet,  with  wonderful  alertness  he  seizes  current  thought  from  most 
meager  sources.  After  fourteen  years  of  mental  inactivity,  strength  seemed 
to  be  returning  somewhat,  and  he  was  brought  to  church  occasionally.  I 
told  him  I  thought  he  could  preach.  In  June,  1895,  he  did  so;  those  who 
heard  him  said  his  preaching  was  with  astonishing  vigor  and  clearness. 

Our  state  convention  met  in  Auburn  in  September  of  that  year.  He 
was  asked  to  preach  at  one  of  the  sessions,  and  consented.  Probably  no 
audience  was  ever  more  surprised  and  more  delighted.  For  fifty  minutes 
the  gracious  words  flowed  from  his  lips  with  ever  increasing  eloquence.  To 
those  who  had  known  him  in  former  years,  the  sermon  seemed  almost  like  a 
voice  from  the  dead.  The  editor  of  the  Christian  Evangelist  not  only  pub- 
lished the  sermon,  but  asked  him  to  become  an  occasional  contributor.  His 
articles  always  whet  the  appetite  for  more.  The  "Frequency  of  the  Lord's 
Supper,"  not  only  instructs  but  constantly  delights  the  reader.  Certainly 
ever)'  one  who  reads  this  little  booklet  will  want  the  "Spiritual  Aspects  of 
Baptism."  This  work  ought  to  be  published.  (It  is  now  published.) 
There  is  a  freshness  in  it  that  ought  to  inspire  a  new  interest  in  preaching 
upon  this  important  theme. 

The  attthor  feels  he  can  do  no  better  in  closing  this  sketch  of 
this  interesting,  though  pathetic  life,  than  by  giving  the  follow- 
ing poem  found  marked  in  a  magazine  sent  some  years  since  by 
Brother  Aylsworth  to  his  daughter  in  Dundee,  Illinois.  It  must 
have  expressed  his  own  feelings  largely,  being  deprived  of  the 
ability  to  labor  so  early  in  life  : 

Rest. 

[Lines  found  under  the  pillow  of  a  soldier  who  died  in  hospital  at  Port  Koyal,  Virginia.  | 

I  lay  me  down  to  sleep, 

With  little  care 
Whether  my  waking  find 

Me  here,  or  there. 

A  bowing,  burdened  head 

That  onl)-  asks  to  rest, 
Unquestioningly,  upon 

A  loving  breast. 

My  good  right  hand  forgets 

Its  cunning  now  ; 
To  march  the  weary  march 

I  know  not  how. 


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I  am  not  caj^cr,  bold, 

Nor  strong, — all  that  is  past ; 
I  am  ready  not  to  do, 

At  last,  at  last. 

My  half  day's  work  is  done. 

And  this  is  all  my  part, — 
I  ^ive  a  patient  God 

My  patient  heart. 

And  j^rasp  his  banner  still. 

Though  all  the  blue  be  dim  ; 
These  stripes  as  well  as  stars 

Lead  after  him. 

Mary  Ann  Oatman,  twig  above,  was  born  about  1839,  near 
Dundee,  Illinoi.s.  She  was  left  an  orphan  at  a  tender  age.  She 
was  married  to  C.  F.  Howard,  a  soldier  boy  just  from  a  three 
years'  service  of  his  country.  They  spent  their  married  life  in 
and  about  Harrington  and  Dundee,  the  last  thirty  years  in  the 
latter  place. 

Charles  Fremont  Howard  was  born  in  New  Orleans,  July  2, 
1839.  He  died  in  Dundee,  February  16,  1902.  While  a  student 
in  the  University  of  Chicago,  in  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  52nd 
Illinois  cavelry,  serving  three  years.  He  afterwards  served  eight 
months  in  the  9th  Illinois  cavelry.  He  was  a  Christian  from  the 
age  of  twenty,  and  from  1874  he  and  wife  were  members  of  the 
Diuidee  Baptist  church,  being  ever  active  Christian  workers. 

Jesse  Oatman — Branch  Six. 

Jesse  Oatman  was  born  near  New  Albany^  Indiana,  November 
24,  1811.  He  died  at  Dundee,  Illinois,  October  i,  1SS3,  in  the 
seventy-third  year  of  his  age.  When  a  lad  of  nine  years,  his 
parents  removed  to  Parke  county,  same  state,  and  in  1828,  they 
came  to  Illinois,  settling  at  Walnut  Grove.  Jesse  and  his  brother, 
Joseph,  took  up  government  claims  adjoining,  and  at  the  head  of 
the  grove.  In  1833  they  sold  these  claims  to  James  Mitchell,  and 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Washington,  Tazewell 
county,  but  a  few  miles  distant. 

In  May,  1832,  he  was  enrolled  as  a  member  of  the  second 
company  of  mounted  volunteers  from  McLean  county,  Illinois,  in 
Black  Hawk  war,  and  hastened  northward.  They  arrived  at 
Dixon,  after  the  battle  known  in  history  as  "Stillman's  Defeat." 
They  proceeded  to  the  battlefield  and  saw  to  the  burying  of  the 
dead.     In    1836   he    was   united    in    marriage   with  lyUcinda   C. 


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167 


Mowery,  who  had  recenth-  come  to  the  new  country  with  her 
parents.  In  1837  they  removed  to  Dundee,  Kane  county,  taking 
their  stock  of  goods  with  them.  "Soon  after  coming  to  Dundee, 
he  visited  a  camp  of  friendly  Indians  along  the  bank  of  the  beau- 
tiful Fox  river.  The  mother  squaw  was  preparing  dinner.  She 
plucked  the  tail  and  wing  feathers  from  a  large  sand  hill  crane, 
and  then  with  feet,  head,  feathers,  and  entrails  all  together,  put 
them  into  a  kettle  of  boiling  beans.  Then  she  turned  her  atten- 
tion to  making 
corn  pone.  The 
dough  was  a 
little  dry  to  prop- 
erly shape  up,  so 
she  spit  on  her 
hands  and  prop- 
erly shaped  the 
cake.  It  is  need- 
less to  say  that 
he  resisted  all 
efforts  of  the 
hospitable  squaw 
to  induce  him  to 
remain  to  din- 
ner." This  was 
the  first  stock  of 
goods  in  the 
country,  north 
of  St.  Charles. 
"Here  he  spent 
the  remainder  of 
his  life,  taking 
high  rank  as  a 
business      m  a  n 

and  an  earnest  Christian  with  'clean  hands  and  pure  heart,'  a 
moral  and  social  power  in  the  church,  and  a  man  universally 
honored  and  beloved.  The  business  of  J.  Oatman  &  Sons,  of 
Dundee,  was  extensively  connected  with  various  enterprises,  the 
grocery  and  drug  business,  the  farm,  hundreds  of  swarms  of  bees, 
and  numerous  butter  and  cheese  factories  in  Kane  and  McHenry 
counties.  All  these  engaged  the  active  attention  of  the  father, 
and  yet  he  seemed  to  have  time,  brain,  and  heart,  for  the  church 
he  loved  and  the  Savior  he  served.     His  diary  which  he  kept  for 


JESSE    OATMAN. 


1 68 


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many  years,  is  a  religious  curiosity.  While  it  records  the  current 
items  of  business  and  the  weather,  and  domestic  and  personal 
matters,  it  is  so  intermixed  with  explanations  concerning  God's 
providence  and  grace,  and  exultant  acknowledgements  of  his 
wonderful  goodness,  mercy,  and  loving  kindness  to  him,  that 
one  of  his  brethren  on  listening  to  it  on  the  day  of  his  funeral, 
said,  and  said  truly,  'It  reads  just  like  the  Psalms.'  As  might  be 
expected,  the  death  scene  of  such  a  man  was  glorious  beyond 

description.  He 
seemed  to  be 
standing  on  the 
door  steps  of  his 
heavenly  man- 
sion, as  he  pro- 
nounced his  last 
benediction  upon 
his  weeping  wife 
and  children. 
His,  'God  bless 
you  my  dear 
children,'  seem- 
ed like  the  pro- 
phetic blessings 
of  the  old  patri- 
a  r  c  h  s .  The 
uplifted  hands 
and  the  heaven- 
ward beckon- 
ings,  made  the 
place  sacred  and 
joyous." 

Mr.  Oatman 
held  various  offices  of  trust,  one  being  that  of  postmaster  for 
eight  years.  As  is  told  in  the  sketch  of  his  father,  he  was  a 
charter  member  of  the  Walnut  Grove  (now  Eureka)  Christian 
church,  organized  in  his  parent's  home,  in  1832.  He  remained 
true  to  the  church  of  his  first  love  for  many  years,  but  losing 
hope  that  a  church  would  be  organized  at  Dundee,  he  finally 
united  with  the  Baptist  church,  and  was  ever  after  one  of  their 
most  earnest  and  efficient  members. 

His  wife,  "Aunt  Lucy,"  was  a  woman  in  every  way  worthy 


I,UCINDA   MOWER Y   OATMAN. 


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169 


of  such  a  man.  Born  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  she  came  with  her 
parents  to  Washington,  Illinois,  in  1835.  She  joined  the  Dundee 
Baptist  church,  by  obedience  of  the  gospel,  in  1841,  and  for  fifty- 
three  years  adorned  her  profession  with  a  godly  walk  and  a  chaste 
behavior.  It  is  said  she  lived  for  others  and  not  for  self.  The 
husband  often  spoke  of  her  as  his  "guardian  angel."  She  died 
at  her  home  in  Dundee,  May  23,  1894.  Five  children  were  born 
to  this  union,  those  growing  to  maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs: 


TWIGS. 


Caroline  I,ucinda,  h. 

M.  T.  Barrows 

Dundee,  Illinois. 


Edward  Jesse,  w.,  1848 
L,ouise  J.  Browning  .  . . . 
Riverside,  California. 


George  Frank,  w.,  18r)l 

l,ouisa  J.  Torrence 

Dundee,  Illinois. 


BUDS. 
Flora,  died  j'oung. 

Clara  May,  h. 
Dr.  W.  C.  Bridge  .. 
Elgin,  Illinois. 


Herbert  A.,  w. 

Edith  Clark 

Monticello,  Florida. 

Elta  Valitta.  h. 

Alva  C.  Crawford 

Des  Moines,  Iowa. 


BLOS.SOMS. 


FRnr. 


r,ucy  Belle,  h. 
Alfred  H.  Ketchuin. 
Dundee.  Illinois. 


L.  Gertrude,  h. 
Rev.  Richard  Marshall, 
Mt.  Carroll,  Illinois. 

(  Jesse,  w. 

-     Martha  Geirtz. 

(      Riverside,  California. 

Erie  Torrence,  w. 
Clarilielle  Borden, 
Dundee,  Illinois. 

Wni.  Frank,  w. 
Allicia  K.  Whittaker. . . 
Dundee.  Illinois. 

Maribel. 


I   Georgia  I,. 
\  Clarata  B. 


j   Theron  C. 

(   Darjl  Herbert. 

f  Carrie  May. 
j   Alva  Jesse. 
I    I'lora  C. 
I  Elta  t,. 

\    Bessie  Margaret. 
/    Florence  Belle. 


Wni.  Frank.  Jr. 


Carrie  Lucinda  Oatman,  twig  abov^e,  was  born  in  Dundee,  Illi- 
nois ;  married  M.  T.  Barrows,  there,  in  1866,  and  has  never  lived 
elsewhere.  She  and  her  family  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  quite  active  in  the  various  works  of  the  church. 

M,  T.  Barrows,  whose  likeness  is  shown  herewith,  has  been  a 
resident  of  Dundee  since  1856.  He  was  born  in  Saratoga  county. 
New  York,  July  15,  1834.  He  was  a  blacksmith  from  boyhood, 
and  later  a  hardware  dealer  until  1888,  when  he  retired  with  a 
competency.  He  is  a  large  land  owner,  having  about  nine  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  in  Iowa,  five  hundred  in  Florida,  and  one 
thousand  nine  hundred  in  Illinois.  This  is  a  great  achievement 
for  one  who  began  life  at  twenty-five  cents  per  day,  and  after- 
wards four  dollars  per  month. 


I  JO 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


There  were  ten  children  born  to  this  union,  those  growing  to 
maturity  are  named  in  the  table  above  as  buds. 

Herbert  A.  Barrows,  bud  above,  was  born  and  reared  at  Dun- 
dee, Illinois,  and  was  married  there.     For  several  years  he  has 


MRS.    CARRIE   OATMAN-BARROWS 

Twig. 


been  located  at  Monticello,  Florida,  on  a  fifteen  hundred-acre 
dairy  farm.  By  the  use  of  northern  methods  he  is  demonstrating 
that  as  good  butter  and  milk  can  be  produced  in  the  south  as  any- 
where.    In   addition  to  his  large  milk  trade  he  makes  and  sells 


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171 


about  six  hundred  pounds  of  butter  per  month.  He  never  sells  a 
pound  for  less  than  thirty-five  cents,  and  usually  receives  fifty 
cents  per  pound. 

He  is  also  putting  several  thousand  dollars  into  a  .syrup  plant, 


M.    T.    BARROWS. 


preparing  to  make  the  very  best  quality  of  cane  syrup.  He  has 
the  ambition  to  produce  the  best  of  everything,  expecting  thereby 
to  receive  the  highest  market  prices.  He  is  delighted  with  the 
south,  and  believes  he  has  a  great  future  before  him. 


172  The  Nancr  Memorial, 

Edward  Jesse  Oatinan,  twig  above,  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  until  sixteen,  when  he  began  clerking  in  his  father's  store. 
At  the  age  of  eighteen,  after  graduating  from  Bryant  and  Strat- 
ton's  Business  college,  in  Chicago,  he  became  a  partner  in  the 
store,  the  firm  name  being  Oatman  &  Sons.  (After  the  death  of 
the  father,  the  name  was  changed  to  Oatman  Brothers,  and  the 
name  became  almost  a  household  word  wherever  the  Elgin  milk, 
butter  or  cheese  was  known.)  Owing  to  failing  health,  he  soon 
gave  up  work  in  the  store  and  turned  his  attention  to  bee  culture, 
until  the  firm  had  five  hundred  hives,  in  1886,  and  produced  thirty 
thousand  pounds  of  honey  that  year.  In  1870  they  started  the 
creamery  business  which  grew  to  wondrous  proportions.  It  is 
said  that  at  one  time  they  refused  a  cash  offer  of  three  hundred 
thousand  dollars  from  an  English  syndicate  for  sixteen  creameries. 
This  would  have  left  them  with  four  creameries  and  one  condens- 
ing factory. 

The  great  financial  troubles  of  1893-7  struck  them  hard, 
sweeping  away  much  of  the  savings  of  an  active  and  strenuous 
life  time. 

His  health  and  that  of  Mrs.  Oatman  being  so  poorly,  they 
went  to  California,  in  1902,  .settling  at  Riverside,  and  beginning 
the  cultivation  of  a  fruit  farm.  Here  they  now  reside,  Mrs. 
Oatman's  health  having  been  restored.  They  were  married  in 
1869.  They  are  Baptists,  Mrs.  Oatman  being  especially  active  in 
all  church  work. 

George  Frank  Oatman,  twig  above,  became  a  clerk  in  his 
father's  store  at  the  age  of  fifteen  and  a  partner  at  eighteen.  He 
was  married  in  1874. 

Owing  to  his  brother's  frail  constitution  he  has  ever  carried 
the  heavy  burdens  of  the  firm.  After  the  reverses  mentioned 
above,  Frank  organized  Oatman's  Condensed  Milk  Company, 
himself  and  two  sons  composing  the  company.  They  now  have 
some  half  dozen  plants,  and  manufacture  butter  and  cheese,  con- 
densed milk  and  cream,  and  are  already  a  strong  company.  They 
reside  in  Dundee,  in  a  beautiful  home,  always  open  to  friends  and 
relatives.  This  family  are  Congregationalists.  The  boys  have 
married  the  best  girls  in  the  community,  at  least  that  is  what  we 
all  think. 

Hardin  Oatman — Branch  Seven. 

Hardin  Oatman  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  February 
18,  18 13.     He  came  to  Illinois  with   his  parents,  in    182S.     He 


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was  a  charter  member  of  the  Wahuit  Grove  Christian  church,  as 
is  told  elsewhere.  He  studied  medicine  in  Dundee,  Illinois, 
finishing  in  Rush  Medical  college.  He  married,  settled,  and 
practiced  his  profession  in  Harrison  county,  Missouri.  The 
family  have  been  in  St.  Joseph,  Missouri,  for  many  years,  and  it 
is  presumed  he  died  there.  The  author  has  been  unable  to  get 
into  correspondence  with  any  of  the  family.  All  that  is  known 
of  him  is  given  above.  All  that  is  known  of  his  family  is  given 
below,  and  it  is  all  mere  here-say  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  Bl,OSSOMS.  FKLIT. 

John  C.  Oatman, 
Llano,  Te.xa.s. 

Wick  Oatman. 
St.  Joe.  Missouri. 

P.  H.  Oatman, 
St.  Joe.  Mis.souri. 

M.  C.  Oatman. 

Mary  Oatman,  h. 

Perien, 

St.  Joe,  Missouri. 

Susan  Oatman,  h. 
Joe  Williamson, 

John  Oatman,  Jr. — Branch  Nine. 

John  Oatman,  junior,  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana, 
September  3,  1815.  He  died  at  Farmer,  Texas,  June  11,  1897. 
He  was  married  to  Julia  Ann  Long,  in  Woodford  county,  Illinois. 
They  removed  to  Texas  in  1850,  first  settling  in  Bastrop  county, 
and  in  1852,  moving  to  Llano  county  and  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business,  raising,  herding,  and  shipping.  This,  in  connection 
with  the  mercantile  business  until  1871,  when  he  settled  in 
Missouri  on  a  farm,  where  he  remained  until  his  wife's  death,  in 
1877,  when  he  returned  to  Texas  and  made  his  home  with  his 
children.  He  was  one  of  the  most  devoted  of  Christians.  He 
was  an  elder  in  the  Christian  church  for  many  years.  He  was  a 
great  reader,  until  his  eye  sight  failed  him.  I  glean  the  follow- 
ing item  from  his  obituary  : 

He  was  a  wonderful  man  in  a  good  many  respects.  He  was  brave  and 
generous,  patient  in  every  trial  of  life,  and  possessed  a  faith  like  that  of  Job 
or  Daniel.  His  property  was  swept  away,  yet  he  never  lost  hojie.  Then 
his  eye  sight  failed  him  and  .still  his  faith  grew  stronger.  Finally  his  hear- 
ing and  speech  were  almost  destroyed,  but  he  still  believed  in  God,  and  just 
before  he  crossed  the  river  he  called  for  the  last  chapter  of  the  Bible  to  l)e 
read,  that  once  more  he  might  hear  the  promi.ses  of  God.  He  loved  more 
than  all,  those  beautiful  words  of  John  the  beloved  :  "Blessed  arc  the  dead 
which  die  in  the  Lord  from  henceforth  ;  yea  saith  the  Spirit  that  they  may 
rest  from  their  labors  and  their  works  do  follow  them." 


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Thirteen  children  blessed  this  union,  those  growing  to  matur- 
ity are  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWKiS. 


liUDS. 
f    Anna  Kate,  h..  ^\. 
Kclward  I\RI)iifT. 


RI/)SS()MS. 


I-RriT. 


John  Wayman.  w. 
Clara   K. Owens.  .. 


Julia  A.,  h. 

Joseph  I^evcrett -^    Charles  E. 

Ozark,  Missouri. 


Nora,  d. 


Wallace,  d. 


Jo.sephine  C,  h. 

l,uther  Kus.sell 

Ozark,  Mis.souri. 

Henry  P. 

Edward,  w.,  IStifi 
Maggie  Canipl)ell.  . 


Henrv  Clav,  w.,  ISI.'i 
Mollie  K.  Hardin..  .. 
Sl)arks.  Texas. 


Robert. 

Cynthia  J.,  h. 
John  Newsoni. 


IvUcv  Cevilla.  h. 


(ieorge. 

Rertha,  h. 

Wni     RidUhoover. 

lieatrice,  1882, 
-Sparks,  Texas. 


Evans,  w. 

J.  Alberta  Scarborough.. 
Graham,  Texas. 

Ida,  h. 

Robert  K.  Short 

C.rahani,  Texas. 


I  Jessie. 
-  Nettie. 
(  Joseph. 


r  Ora. 
I    Roy. 
I    Rav.  d. 
L  Violet. 


■j    Eva  lone. 


IvOla. 


(   .Scarborough. 
/    I<eGrande. 

(  James  M. 
-,  Robert  }■. 
I   Frances  lone,  1004. 


Ellen,  h. 


Rf)bert  E.  Mabry ,'   Jas.  H.  Norman (    Robt.  Wesley. 


Graham.  Texas 


William  Benj.,  w. 
Artelia  Jennings,  d. 


(iraham,  Te.xas 

I<oula  Mav,  h. 
Claud  E.  Holland, 
Helton,  Te.xas. 

Ora  Cevilla. 
.Sallie  Media. 
Silas  Seth. 
Joseph  E. 

Carlos  S.,  w..  IST.'i 
Mollie  Cook. 

Clarence  E.,  w. 

Ida  Pitman ( 


(    .Vttie  Cevilla. 


John  Orval. 

Ivula  Belle,  h. 
George  Owens. 


1 


Alonzo. 


2nd  w.  I,ula  Pitm.in. 


Albert  E.,  w. 

Sarah  Hurst 

I-armer,  Texas. 


Amy  Agnes. 
p;imer  Eon  is. 
Jesse  Clav. 
Floy  Etta. 

Mary  F^lla,  1884. 
Jes.se  W. 
Nora  A. 
James  K. 
Maud  Mav. 


f   Bryan  R. 
I    Chas.  Aaron. 
j    Carrie  Belle. 
I    George  Olen. 
!„  John  Comer. 


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Henry  Clay  Oatmau,  twig,  was  born  in  Dundee,  Kane  county, 
Illinois,  October  lo,  1843.  He  came  with  his  parents  to  Bastrop 
county,  Texas,  in  1S52.  They  settled  in  L,lano  county  in  1854. 
Here  young  Henry  Clay  went  into  the  stock  business  as  a  "cow 
boy,"  and  ran  cattle  until  1862,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  Confed- 
erate army  and  attempted  to  run  the  "Yanks"  for  three  years. 
He  came  out  of  the  service  without  a  scratch.  While  in  the  army, 
the  boys  decided  to  have  a  "name  drawing,"  each  to  drop  the 
name  of  a  young  lady  into  a  box,  after  which  each  was  to  draw  a 
name  out,  and  to  begin  a  correspondence.  Our  hero  drew  the 
name  of  Mollie  E.  Hardin.  They  were  strangers,  but  continued 
the  correspondence  through  the  war.  Returning  home,  they  met, 
and  in  1865,  were  married.  A  "fortune  teller"  described  his  cor- 
respondent and  said  they  would  marry.  And  so  they  did.  After 
his  marriage  he  returned  to  the  stock  business,  only  now  working 
for  himself  instead  of  his  father. 

The  Indians  were  troublesome  from  1864  to  1875.  They  fre- 
quently took  stock,  some  times  a  large  number.  He  had  some 
narrow  escapes  with  his  life,  but  never  came  into  close  contact 
with  the  Indians. 

At  one  time  the  family  traveled  in  a  wagon  to  Missouri  for  the 
wife's  health.  Their  babe  dying  in  Missouri,  and  the  change  not 
benefiting  the  mother,  they  returned  to  Texas,  settling  in  Llano 
county  until  1889,  when  they  moved  to  Green  county,  and  in 
1896  they  came  to  Sparks,  Bell  county,  where  they  continue  to 
reside. 

James  R.  Oatman — Branch  Eleven. 

James  Reed  Oatman  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana, 
December  27,  1817.  He  died  in  Kansas  City,  Missouri,  January, 
1899.  He  married  Letitia  Ann  Davidson,  at  Eureka,  Illinois, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  at  the  head  of  the  grove.  They  and  their 
son,  Adolphus  G.,  were  charter  members  of  the  Mount  Zion 
Christian  church,  organized  at  the  head  of  the  grove  in  1855. 
He  was  chosen  one  of  the  deacons.  They  remained  here  until 
some  time  after  the  close  of  the  war,  when  they  removed  to  the 
southwest,  settling  near  Kansas  City.  The  wife  is  still  living 
there.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  named  below  as 
twigs  ; 


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TWIGS. 

BUDS. 

Adda  Evelyn. 

Dr.  Adolphiis,  w. 

Homer  Clifton, 

Mary  A.  Kaiisoin 

l.awrence,  Kansas. 

Arthur  Roy. 

Helen  Marian. 

llclcii,  (lied  youiif;. 

Minnie. 

Mary  KHza,  h. 

Delia. 

Alex.  M.  Kicliard.soii 

Manfield. 

Arthur. 

,  Mary,  d. 

Vista. 

Caiidis.  h. 

Josephine,  d. 

O.  D.  Kinnear 

Anna  Arininta. 

Jessie  Myrtle. 

Guy  Howard. 

vStanley  Reed. 

Josephine,  h. 

Geo.  W.  Hu.selton J 

Howard. 

1 

liertha  G. 

Frankie.  h. 

Will.  O'Brien ( 

t 

William. 

Cande,  li. 

Kctta  West f 

Dudley. 

BI^OSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


Ira  E.  Oatman — Branch  Twelve. 

Ira  E.  Oatman  was  born  in  Indiana,  October,  1819.  He 
studied  medicine  in  Dundee  and  Rush  Medical  college.  He  was 
married  to  Villitta  C.  Freer,  in  Chicago.  Practiced  a  few  years 
in  Chicago.  Moved  to  Sacramento,  California,  where  he  died  in 
18—.  Five  children  were  born  to  this  couple,  named  below  as 
twigs : 


TWIGS.  BUDS. 

Eugene  Freer,  w. 

Lucy  R.  Nichols (   Helena  May. 

Sacramento.  Cal.  \   Eugene  Freer,  Jr, 

Ira,  died  young. 

John  William,  w. 

Harriet  C.  Rhodes (    Gertrude  May,  d. 

Long  Valley,  Cal.  '(   Laurence  J. 

Charles  Henn,-,  w. 
Mary  Eliza  Sniith  .  . . 
San  Franci.sco,  Cal. 

Mary  May,  h. 

Aimer  P.  Soule 

•Sacramento,  Cal. 


BLOSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


I    Franklvn  Wm. 
I   Violet. " 


Mary  Emma. 
Helena  Elizabeth. 


Mary  Ann  Oatman — Branch  Fourteen. 

Mary  Ann  Oatman  was  born  in  1824.  Married  Darwin 
Stevens.  Settled  in  Chicago,  then  moved  to  California.  I  am 
unable  to  get  any  other  information.  Had  one  son,  Homer 
Stevens. 

William  A.  Oatman — Branch  Fifteen. 

Dr.  William  A.  Oatman  was  born  in  Indiana,  April  7,  1827. 
He  died  at  Barksdale,  Texas,  March  30,  1903.     He  graduated  at 


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Rush  Medical  college,  Chicago,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one.  He 
soon  went  to  Texas  with  his  diploma  and  saddle  pony.  He  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  Bunton,  daughter  of  a 
wealthy  and  influential  farmer  of  Hays  county,  Texas. 

To  this  union  were  born  eight  children,  five  dying  young. 
The  remaining  three  are  named  below  as  twigs.  The  mother  died 
at  the  age  of  thirty-two.  The  second  wife  was  Mrs.  Beck,  of 
Travis  county.  To  this  last  union  there  was  no  issue.  Dr.  Oat- 
man  amassed  a  fortune,  farming  near  Austin,  Texas.  His  estate 
still  owns  one  of  the  finest  farms  on  the  Colorado  river.  He  was 
a  man  of  a  pure  and  exalted  character,  beloved  by  all.  During 
the  later  years  of  his  life  he  was  a  Christadelphian  in  faith.  He 
is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  finest  Biblical  scholars  in  the  state. 
For  years  he  had  a  standing  challenge  to  the  ministers  of  the 
state  to  debate  the  differences  between  his  faith  and  theirs. 

FRUIT. 


TWIGS. 

BUDS. 

r  Marmaduke,  1888. 
Hermina  K. 

BLOSSOl 

John  B.,  w. 

Edith  H. 

Marie  V.  Saunders - 

victor. 

Evelyn,  Texas. 

Olivia  Iva. 

Adele. 
Dudley.  1902. 

Perla  Mav,  h.,  1879 

Walter  H.  Taylor.  .    . 

■    j    Robert. 

A.sa  B.,  w. 

Marv-  May.  h 

David  M.Crosthwait .    .. 

I.illian  Vincent 

•   1  A  daughter 

Chickasha,  I.  T. 

Jennot  L,ee. 
Norman  I„. 
David  I^ainar 
Fay  M.  Marelaine, 
Edith  Oatman. 
Oma. 

'  Lucile.  1890, 

Dr.  Victor,  w. 

Bessie. 

Fannie  M.  Sneed - 

William. 

I^iberty,  Texas. 

Sneed. 
Mary  E. 

Pleasant  Shields  Oatman — Branch  Sixteen. 

Pleasant  Shields  Oatman  was  born  at  Walnut  Grove,  Illinois, 
July  22,  1830.  At  the  age  of  eleven,  he  moved  with  his  father's 
family  to  Texas,  settling  near  Austin,  in  Bastrop  county.  He 
was  married  in  1 851,  to  Merica  P.  Billingsley,  and  engaged  in 
cattle  raising.  A  few  years  later  they  removed  to  Llano,  and  in 
addition  to  his  stock  interests  was,  in  connection  with  his  brother 
John,  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  In  1868  he  took  a 
large  herd  of  cattle  to  California.  In  1870  he  took  the  remainder 
of  his  stock  to  Colorado,  and  with  his  family,  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Denver. 


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While  in  Denver  he  organized  the  Union  Stock  Yards  Company, 
which  is  now  a  large  concern.  He  invested  largely  in  real  estate 
which  has  made  his  family  quite  comfortable. 

In  1879  he  was  killed  by  being  thrown  from  his  horse  in 
Kansas,  while  looking  after  some  stock  which  he  had  taken  to 
that  section. 

He  was  of  a  genial,  sunny  nature,  and  died  sincerely  mourned 
by  his  family  and  a  host  of  warm  friends.  He  was  a  life  long 
Christian,  a  member  of  the  Christian  church. 


PLEASANT  SHIELDS   OATMAN. 


His  wife,  Merica  P.  Oatman,  was  born  March  29,  1836,  near 
Trenton,  Tennessee.  Her  father.  Major  Elish  Billiugsby,  moved 
to  Bastrop  county,  Texas,  in  the  year  1849.  She  was  married  to 
Pleasant  S.  Oatman,  December  29,  1851,  and  they  moved  to 
Llano  county,  Texas,  where  they  remained  until  after  the  Civil 
War,  when  they  went  to  San  Antonio,  Texas.  In  1870  they 
traveled  across  the  barren  staked  plains  with  a  large  herd  of  cattle 
to  Denver,  Colorado.     The  journey  was  most  hazardous  as  the 


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plains  were  at  that  time  inhabited  by  tribes  of  wild  Indians.  An 
average  of  only  ten  miles  per  day  was  made,  and  the  party  were 
three  months  without  being  under  the  roof  of  a  house,  and  four 
months  without  being  under  the  shade  of  a  tree. 

Since  Mr,  Oatman's  death,  in  1879,  Mrs.  Oatman  has  spent 
much  time  in  traveling.  Since  her  early  childhood  she  has  been 
a  great  student  of  the  Bible.  In  Llano,  with  the  other  members 
of  the  Oatman  family,  she  took  the  Bible  as  her  guide,  throwing 
aside  all  doctrines  and  creeds,  and  she  thinks  it  wonderful  how 
all  these  years  the  dear  Lord 
has  been  with  her,  and  how 
he  has  opened  her  eyes  to 
know  his  truths.  For 
many  years  she  hoped  to 
go  to  the  foreign  mission- 
ary fields,  but  God  did  not 
so  direct,  and  her  work  has 
been  in  her  own  country. 
She  has  been  from  the  Gulf 
of  Mexico  to  the  Great 
Lakes,  and  from  the  At- 
lantic to  the  Pacific  ;  to  the 
Centennial  and  the  World's 
Fair,  carrying  the  good 
news  of  salvation  to  all 
who  would  hear.  For 
many  years  she  has  been 
looking  for  the  return  of 
the  Jews  to  their  land 
which  forebodes  a  great 
change  in  the  earth,  and  is 
convinced   that   that    event 

is  near  at  hand.  She  is  still  an  active,  earnest  member  of  the 
Christian  church.  This  couple  were  the  parents  of  eight  chil- 
dren, named  below  as  twigs  : 


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m^ 

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p||r 

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■^^"JUH^ 

L%  V  ' 

MRS.    MERICA    P.    OATMAN. 


TWIGS. 
Villitta  E.,  IS.")."),  d. 

Martha  May,  h.,  1859 

Hiram  F.  Coates 

Denver,  Colorado. 

Carrie  O..  h.,  1860J 

Will.  H.  Ki.stler 

Denver,  Colorado. 


LUDS. 


BI<OSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


1 


Nina  Mav. 
Helen  O." 
Marion  O. 


(  Alice  Mav. 
\  William  H. 
(   F;rle  O. 


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PLEASANT  SHIELDS  OATMAN— Continued. 

TWIG.S.  BUDS.  lil.OSSDMS.  FRUIT. 

Plea.sant  Lee,  1866,  d. 

Iva  Anna,  h.,  1867 

Tho.s.  Marionea.ix (   i„„.„i,,,.  M^y. 

Nephi,  Utah.  ( 

Arthnr  C,  1870,  d. 
John  Dewees,  187.'1  d. 
I,illy  Maud,  187."),  d. 

Carrie  Oatnian,  whose  likness  appears  herewith,  was  born  in 
Llano,  Texas,  in  i860.  In  the  year  1870  her  parents  moved  to 
Denver  Colorado,  at  which  place  .she  has  since  resided.  In  the 
year  1883,  she  was  married  to  William  H.  Ki.stler,  the  leading 
stationer  of  the  state.  Since  her  marriage,  Mrs.  Kistler  has  been 
identified  with  the  interests  and  institutions  of  Denver  and  Colo- 
rado, and  prominent  in  all  movements  of  an  elevating  and  enno- 
bling character  in  social  and  philanthropic  circles.  The  most  flat- 
tering compliment  was  paid  to  her  intellect  when  the  Denver 
High  School  Alumni,  a  society  composed  of  .some  of  the  most 
gifted  men  and  women  in  the  west,  chose  her  for  their  president, 
she  being  the  only  woman  they  have  ever  honored  by  election  to 
this  office. 

As  a  club  woman  Mrs.  Kistler  ranks  high  among  that  com- 
pany of  brilliant  women  for  which  Colorado  is  famous,  and  she 
has  held  many  offices  of  high  honor  and  trust  both  in  the  State 
and  National  federation  of  women's  clubs. 

In  the  entire  history  of  Denver  only  five  women  have  been 
elected  as  members  of  the  School  Board,  and  Mrs,  Kistler  has 
been  one  of  this  number.  She  has  served  as  president  of  the 
Denver  Young  Women's  Christian  As.sociation,  and  of  the  Denver 
branch  of  the  National  Needle  Work  Guild.  With  it  all  she  is 
mistress  of  one  of  Denver's  beautiful  homes,  a  devoted  wife  and 
mother,  and  is  held  in  affectionate  esteem  by  a  large  circle. 

It  might  be  well  to  remark  that  in  Colorado  women  have  the 
right  of  suffrage. 

A  few  years  since,  by  a  series  of  unexpected  events,  and 
unsought,  as  well,  Mrs.  Kistler  was  elected  chairman  of  the 
Republican  County  Central  Committee.  During  the  incumbancy 
of  this  office,  it  developed  upon  her  to  preside  over  the  prelim- 
inary proceedings  of  the  county  convention.  From  pages  of 
newspaper  clippings  referring  to  the  matter,  all  praising  Mrs. 
Kistler  iu  the  highest  terms,  the  following  very  short  quotations 
are  taken  : 


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Mrs.  W.  H.  Kistler,  chairman  of  the  RepubHcan  County  Central  Com- 
mittee, covered  herself  and  her  sex  with  glory  by  the  courage,  tact,  justice, 
self-poise,  and  readiness  she  displayed  in  presiding  over  the  preliminary  pro- 
ceedings of  the  county  convention,  in  the  Broadway  theater,  yesterday.  We 
have  seen  a  great  many  mean  conventions  in  our  time,  but  we  have  never 
seen  a  presiding  officer  of  the  sterner  sex  at  iiny  of  them  who  bore  himself 
so  well  under  such  trying  circumstances  as  did  Mrs.  Kistler,  yesterday. 

Mrs.  Kistler,  as  chairman,  had  a  most  diflicult  task  to  perform  that  was 
ever  allotted  a  chairman  of  the  party.     The  convention  had  been  packed  by 


MRS.    CARRIE   O.    KISTLER 
Twig. 


the  Wolcott-Stevenson  people.  On  the  floor  of  the  convention  she  had  the 
best  parliamentarians  in  the  city,  and  professional  politicians  to  contend 
with.  She  succeeded  in  maintaining  order  the  best  manner  possible  and  did 
far  better  than  a  man  could  have  done,  also  showing  a  thorough  knowledge 
of  the  rules  of  procedure. 

"When  did  the  chair  have  the  power  delegated  to  her  to  abrogate  a  part 
of  a  rule?"  It  is  not  a  question  of  power,"  quickly  responded  the  lady. 
"The  rule  is  wrong,  and  it  is  time  it  was  shown  up  and  the  wrong  corrected. 


iS2  iHE  Nance  Memorial. 

I  propose  to  see  right  and  justice  granted  while  I  am  in  this  position."  Then 
ensued  the  wihlest  demonstrations  which  she  had  yet  had  to  cope  with.  She 
stood  at  the  desk,  rapped  steadily  for  order,  and  then  asked  the  police  in  the 
hall  to  clear  lobbies  and  aisles.  "Order  will  be  maintained,"  was  her  only 
comment.  All  suggestions  from  delegates  were  ignored.  She  maintained 
her  stand  to  have  order  before  anything  further  was  done.  It  was  not  until 
the  convention  had  exhausted  lung  power  and  parliamentary  tactics  to  trip 
her  uj),  that  debate  was  permitted  to  proceed  in  anything  like  order.  When 
the  cpiestion  came  to  a  vote,  the  chair  ruled  that  all  contesting  delegations 
should  not  vote,  and,  though  this  also  had  to  be  debated,  the  chair  held  her 
ground.  The  vote  sustained  the  appeal  by  a  large  majority,  and  the  tempor- 
ary roll  was  adopted.  The  temporary  organization  was  cjuickly  made,  and 
a  recess  taken  until  ten  o'clock  that  evening.  The  chairman  had  stood  at 
her  post  for  more  than  six  hours,  and  had  not  wavered  once. 

Our  Mrs.  W.  H.  Kistler  covered  herself  with  a  fadeless  mantle  of  glory 
as  the  chairman  of  the  republican  convention  last  week.  Her  calmness 
amidst  the  fearful  storm  ;  her  clearness  amidst  the  awful  confusion  ;  her  firm- 
ness amidst  the  fury  of  contending  factions,  and  above  all,  her  read}-  and 
accurate  parliamentary  ruling,  won  for  her  the  unstinted  praise  of  all  present 
and  called  forth  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  from  the  convention  for  her 
wise  and  faithful  service. 

Mrs.  Kistler  is  an  active  member  of  the  Central  Christian 
church,  the  leading  church  of  her  people  in  Denver. 


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CHAPTER  VIll. 


Clement  Nance,  Junior— Limb  Seven. 

Clement  Nance,  junior,  was  born  in  Virginia,  June  10,  17S8. 
Martha  Chamberlain  was  born  March  25,  1790.  They  were  mar- 
ried June  7,  iSio,  by  Patrick  Shields,  judge.  He  settled  on  a 
farm  adjoining  that  of  his  father,  and  became  a  very  prominent 
citizen  of  the  count}'.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
county  commissioners,  justice  of  the  peace,  and  held  other  offices 
in  the  township  and  county.  He 
built  a  fine  brick  residence,  in  1820, 
which  is  still  in  as  good  condition 
as  ever.  It  is  a  modern  residence 
in  appearance,  to-day.  He  ran  for 
associate  judge,  in  1826,  at  the 
close  of  his  father's  incumbancy  of 
the  office.  There  were  six  candi- 
dates, he  coming  out  second  best. 

He  erected  a  carding  and  fulling 
mill,  on  his  farm,  and  for  many 
years  made  the  rolls  from  which  the 
pioneer  mothers  wove  the  cloth  that 
was  used  by  the  settlers  for  cloth- 
ing. He  also  erected  a  steam 
flouring  mill  on  his  place.  After 
several  years   constant  use,  it   was 

burned  down,  and  was  never  rebuilt.  They  removed  to  Colum- 
bus, Adams  county,  Illinois,  in  September,  1849,  where  he  died 
the  next  year,  August  13,  1850.  His  remains  lie  in  the  old  cem- 
etery at  Columbus.  In  an  old  pocket  account  book  of  "Uncle 
Clem,"  the  author  was  shown  this  item  in  his  hand  writing:  "I 
thank  God  that  I  am  a  Mason."  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church,  and  died  in  the  triumph  of  faith. 

"Aunt  Patsey,"  whose  likeness  appears  at  the  head  of   this 
sketch,  out  lived  Uncle  Clem  twenty-two  years,  dying  at  Barry, 


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1 84 


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at  the  home  of  her  son,  Dr.  Clement  H.  Nance,  December  21, 
1872.  She  was  beloved  by  all  who  knew  her.  She  was  buried 
at  Barry.  They  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  named  below 
as  branches : 


Susan  Gresham, 
James  Monroe,  died  at  15. 
Mary  Richardson, 
William  Anderson, 
Martha  Harber, 


Margaret  Richardson, 
Robert  C. , 
Jane  Snider, 
Benjamin  F., 
Clement  Henry,  M.  D. 


Susan  Nance-Gresham — Branch  One. 


Susan  Nance  was  born  March  19,  181 1.  She  was  married  to 
John  Gresham,  March  26,  1829.  She  spent  her  life  in  Franklin 
township,  the  same  in  which  she  was  born.  Nine  children  were 
born  to  this  couple,  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 
Margaret  J.,  h.,  d 


BUDS. 


BLOSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


(    Kiioch,  d. 

Jas.  T.  Robinson,  d -    Mary,  single. 

(  Janie.s,  lest. 


James  E..  w.,  d. 
Julia  Hildebraud. 


Charles,  w.  f  Julia. 

Ella  Bigelow J    Sarah. 

Niles,  Michigan.  |    Abigal. 

1^  James. 


Mary  E.,  h..  d. 

Jno.  Harbison j   ^^  j^sue. 


Clement,  w. 

Debbie  Tipps 

Jeffersonville,  Indiana 

Hattie,  h. 

Frank  Landwehr 

Jeffer.sonville,  Indiana 


i   Minnie. 
■^   Edward. 
(   Emma. 

f  Maud. 
-    Hester. 


ij 


Sarah  A.,  h.,  d. 
Conrad  Kimble. 


Martha,  h.,  1864 

Robt.  Detrick ^ 

New  Albany,  Indiana 


William,  w. 
Paducah,  Kentucky. 

Mary.  d. 

Benjamin,  w. 

[  Julia,  d. 

Ida,  h. 

John  Gibson,  d. 

Susan. 


Edith,  1886. 
Ethel. 
Sarah  F. 
Julia. 
Robt.  C. 
James  M. 
Myrtle. 
■Albert  1,. 
L  Leo  Addison,  1901. 


Martha,  h.  Benjamin,  w. 

Francis  M.  Sands,  d Lizzie  Loweth j    Pearl. 

New  Albany,  Indiana,  New  Albany,  Indiana.    )   Walter. 


Columbus,  w. 

Catharine  Halrah,  d 

New  Albany,  Indiana. 

Anna. 


r  Stella. 
i    Frances. 

Charles. 

Robert  R. 


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SUSAN  NANCE-GRESH AM— Continued. 


TWIGS. 


Nancy  A.,  h.,  d. 
Frederick  Edler. 


BI.O.SSOMS. 
I    Elwell,  1884. 

Marry. 
-    Bes.sie. 
I    William. 
I  Ruth,  1892. 


I'KriT. 


Benjamin  W.,  w. 
Marv  Dorman.  . . 


BUDS. 

Mary,  h.,  18(50 

Wiu.  Dougla.s 

IvOuisville,  Kentucky. 

Emma.  h. 

t  Dorothy. 

I    Maud,  h. 

George  Beil. 

2nd  h.  Wm.  Ila.slet, 
j        St.  L,ouis,  Missouri. 

I    Walter,  vv. 

[       New  Albanj',  Indiana. 
George  C,  w. 

Agatha  Melton |    Maud. 

Dog  Wood,  Indiana.         (    Ida. 

John  W.,  died  at  1,1. 

Margaret  Nance-Richardson — Branch  Two. 

Margaret  Nance  was  born  November  9,  181 2.  Died  at  Bowl- 
ing Green,  Illinois,  September  24,  1839.  She  was  married  to 
Aaron  Richardson,  July  11,  1833.  Four  children  were  born  to 
this  union,  for  an  account  of  which,  see  branch  one  of  limb  ten. 

Robert  C.  Nance — Branch  Four. 

Robert  Chamberlain  Nance  was  born  April  25,  18 17.  Died 
about  1850,  in  Adams  county,  Illinois,  and  was  buried  on  a  farm 
about  twelve  miles  from  Columbus.  He  was  the  father  of  three 
children,  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 
James,  died  at  2. 


Mary  Ann,  h. 
William  Ko.x 


BUDS, 


Bl^OSSOINIS. 


I'RUIT. 


I  William,  vv. 

I 

I  Fannie. 

I  Walter. 

I  John. 


Robert  Clement. 
Lost  in  the  war  of  the       •  , 

rebellion,  going  out 
with  Captain  O.  A. 
Burgess,  and  after- 
ward, with  Captain  J. 
H.  Rowell.  He  disap- 
peared soon  after  the 
battle  of  Shiloh,  and 
was  never  heard  of 
afterwards. 

Mary  Nance-Richardson — Branch  Five. 

Mary  Nance  was  born  December  3,  1819,  in  Floyd  county, 
Indiana,  and  died  at  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  November  23, 
1889.  She  was  married  to  Aaron  Richardson,  September  3,  1839. 
Four  children  were  born  to  this  union,  for  which,  see  branch  one 
of  limb  ten.     She  was  a  life  long  member  of  the  Christian  church. 


I»0 


XHH    XNANCK    iVllSMUKlAlv. 


The  following  is  a  part  of  her  obituary,  by  her  youngest  son, 
Frank,  From  what  the  author  knows  personally  of  "Aunt 
Mary,"  he  is  free  to  say  the  tribute  is  a  just  one  : 

Mother  Richardson  was  left  a  widow  in  1S5.1,  with  fonr  small  children 
of  her  own,  and  one,  hy  the  former  wife  of  her  hnsband,  who  was  ecjually 
loved  by  her.  With  Imt  little  money  at  her  connnand,  and  frail  in  body,  she 
accepteil  the  trust,  and  devoted  herself  most  fully  and  heroically  to  her  cliil- 


MARV    NANCE-RICHARDSON. 


dren.  By  hard  toil,  extreme  sacrifice,  and  carefid  economy,  she  was  able  to 
give  all  her  children  a  good  common  school  education,  and  the  older  ones  a 
partial  course  in  college.  One  by  one  her  children  went  out  from  the  home 
until  about  twenty  years  ago  she  was  left  with  her  yoimgest  son,  w'ith  whom 
she  has  lived  ever  since.  Thirty-five  years  of  her  widowhood  have  been 
marked  by  a  patience  under  suffering,  a  faith  under  trials,  and  a  persistent 
and  conscientious  fulfillment  of  duty,  such  as  is  rarely  seen.  Her  children 
may  truly  rise  up  and  call  her  blessed.  She  became  early  in  life  a  devoted 
Christian,  and   throughout  her   course  of   nearly  three   score  and   ten,  she 


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ailorii jil  llij  doctrine  of  God  our  Savior  in  all  things.  A  sufferer  almost  con- 
stantly for  a  quarter  of  a  century,  she  bore  the  ills  of  life  with  patient  endur- 
ance, in  the  confidence  that  (lod  could  make  all  thin.t(s  to  work  toj^ether  for 
good  to  those  who  love  him.  Her  last  hours  were  full  of  longings  for  rest 
that  awaited  her  beyond  the  vail  of  death.  The  kind  father  who  had  .so  long 
sn.stained  her  under  the  heavy  afflictions  of  her  lonely  and  troubled  life, 
granted  her  at  the  last,  a  peaceful  pa.ssage  into  glory.  Good,  true  mother, 
farewell.     IMay  we,  whose  lives  have  felt  the  inlluence  of  thy  patient,  lov- 


JANE   NANCE-SNIDER. 

ing  spirit,  so  live  as  to  meet  thee  again  where  thy  griefs  are  all  transfonned 
into  loving  rejoicings  in  the  presence  of  our  heavenly  father.     W.  l'\  R. 

(We  beg  leave.  Brother  Richardson,  to  mingle  our  tears  with  yours,  over 
the  grave  of  one  we  knew  so  well  and  esteemed  so  highly. — Editor  Christ- 
ian Evangelist. ) 

Jane  Nance  Snider — Branch  Six. 

Jaue  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  January  28, 
1822.     Andrew  Jackson   Snider  was   born  in   Jefferson   county, 


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Kentucky,  October  lo,  1817.  They  were  married  in  Floyd 
county,  Nov^ember  18,  1841.  They  removed  to  Columbus,  Adams 
county,  Illinois,  in  1848,  and  to  Woodford  county  in  1854,  and  to 
Livingston  county  in  1856. 

"Uncle  Jack,"  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  reared  his 
large  family  on  the  farm.  In  1886,  the  family  removed  to  Chi- 
cago, the  daughter,  Laura,  a.ssuming  the  support  of  her  parents, 
now  growing  old,  the  other  children  assisting,  and  with  her 
needle  at  dressmaking,  cared  for  them  to  the  date  of  their  death. 

The  mother  passed  away  January  i,  1892,  in  Chicago.  Her 
remains  were  carried  to  El  Paso,  Illinois,  and  laid  to  rest.  Soon 
after  this  sad  bereavement,  Laura  and  the  father  removed  to 
Kl  Paso,  to  be  near  the  older  sister  and  daughter,  Mrs.  Martha 
Springgate.  Here  the  father  died  in  December,  1898,  and  was 
laid  to  rest  beside  his  life's  companion. 

"Aunt  Jane,"  was  a  worthy  one  of  the  ninety-six  limbs  whose 
praises  I  can  never  tire  of  singing.  She  seemed  to  possess  the 
Christian  graces  in  a  high  degree.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church  from  early  life. 

"Uncle  Jack,"  was  a  true,  intelligent,  influential,  and  promi- 
nent citizen  wherever  he  lived.  He  was  noted  for  his  stalwart 
democracy,  never  going  back  on  his  name-sake.  He  had  the 
most  wonderful  retentive  memory  of  any  person  I  ever  knew.  It 
seemed  that  he  never  forgot  anything.  During  the  World's  Fair, 
Cousin  F.  M.  Nancecalled  to  see  the  family.  "Uncle  Jack"  was  in 
his  room  and  was  told  a  stranger  was  in  the  parlor  and  wanted  to 
see  him.  As  he  came  to  the  parlor,  he  heard  his  voice  and  at 
once  said,  "It  is  a  Nance  voice."  Seeing  the  visitor,  he  said 
almost  at  once,  "You  are  Frank  Nance."  They  had  not  met  for 
forty-five  years,  when  Frank  was  twenty-one.  He  knew  he  was 
a  Nance  by  his  voice,  and  knew  he  was  Frank  Nance  by  the 
Chamberlain  resemblance,  his  mother  being  a  Chamberlain.  I 
have  no  doubt  his  memory  as  to  Frank's  young  manhood  looks, 
helped  to  place  him  even  though  he  was  at  the  time  sixty-six. 

They  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  named  below  as 
twigs,  all  growing  to  maturity,  but  six  of  them  dying  before  their 
parents  : 


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TWIGS. 

Henry  E..  w.,  1842 

Tillie  0.sborne 

Lacey,  Iowa. 

Bobert,  lost  in  1860. 


Albert  A.,  w.,  d 
I^izzie  Baxter. .  . 


BUDS. 


BX^OSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


Clarence. 

Harry. 

Pearl. 


Curtis,  w. 

Pearl  Goodwin 

Chicago,  Illinois. 

Walter, 
Chicago,  Illinois. 

Mabel,  h.,  d. 
Rohen  Walker 


Martha  E.,  h. 
Richard  C.  Springgate. 
El  Paso,  Illinois, 


Claude. 


Albert. 


Laura  F 

Redlands,  California. 


Marv  E.,  h.,  d. 
W.  W.  Ba.scoiu. 


Granville  H.,  w. 
Kate  Berynian  . . . 
Dixon,  Illinois. 

Stanley  M.,  d. 


Addie  Douglas 

Chicago,  Illinois. 

Carrie  J.,  h.,  d. 
Dr.  O.  B.  McKinney. 
George,  Iowa. 

Benj.  Frank,  w.,  d. 
Callie 


Ethel. 
Richard. 

Never  married. 

Bessie,  h. 
O.  C.  Guillamont. 
Redlands,  California. 

Myrtle, 
Chicago,  Illinois. 

Marjory. 


\   Never  married. 


Bertha  Viola,  1887. 
James  Oliver. 
Bessie  June. 


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Henry  E.  Snider  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  Nebraska  township, 
Livingston  county,  Illinois.  He  served  his  country  three  years 
in  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  in  the  129th  Illinois  infantry.  Most 
of  his  life  has  been  spent  farming,  although  he  was  running  a 
laundry  in  Chicago  for  a  number  of  years,  about  the  World's  Fair 
period.     He  now  owns  and  occupies  a  farm  near  Lacey,  Iowa. 

Martha  E.  Snider  married  R.  C.  Springgate,  of  El  Paso,  Illinois, 
a  prosperous  and  prominent  wholesale  and  retail  dry  goods  mer- 
chant. She  has  a  fine  home,  and  is  a  worthy  member  of  our 
family.     They  are  Presbyterians. 

Laura  F.  Snider,  as  mentioned  above,  assumed  the  support  of 
the  parents  on  their  removal  to  Chicago,  in  1886.  She  also  reared 
and  cared  for  the  orphan  children  of  her  sister,  Mary,  two  little 
girls,  Bessie  and  Myrtle  Bascom.  In  1901  she  settled  at  Red- 
lands,  California,  where  she  enjoys  most  excellent  health,  a  boon 
of  which  she  was  deprived,  in  Illinois.  At  the  last  day,  "when 
the  books  shall  be  opened,"  the  name  of  Laura  Snider  will  have 
prominent  mention  in  the  list  of  the  world's  heroines.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Christian  church. 


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Granville  Snider  is 
a  laundry  man  at  Dixon, 
Illinois. 

Bertha  Viola  Mc- 
Kinney,  bud  above,  was 
born  in  1887.  She 
graduated  from  the 
graded  school  in  1903. 
She  has  devoted  much 
time  to  music,  and  has 
a  reputation  through- 
out northwest  Iowa,  for 
her  musical  ability,  and 
expects  to  go  abroad  to 
continue  her  music. 

William  Nance 
Branch  Seven. 


X 


CARRIH    SiMDKR-M  KINNEY. 
Twig  above. 


William      Anderson 
Nance,  twin  of  Benja- 
min F. ,  was  born  March 
20,      1825.       He    was 
married  to  Charlotte  Douglas,  and  they  have  both  been  long  since 
dead.     As  far  as  known    but  two    children  blessed    this    home, 
named  below  as  twigs  : 

TWICS.  BUDS.  I3I,OSSOMS.  FRUIT. 

Franklin,  d. 

Anna,  h.,  d. 

Thornton. 

A    banker  at  Bedford, 


Indiana. 


Benjamin  F.  Nance — Branch  Eight. 


Benjamin  F.  Nance,  twin  of  William,  was  born  March  20, 
1825.  He  married  Mary  McHowland.  They  removed  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  changed  the  spelling  of  his  name  to  "Nantz." 
There  were  but  one  child  as  far  as  can  be  learned,  and  we  have 
failed  to  get  into  correspondence  with  him. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS.  FRUIT. 

I'"rank  Nantz. 

Martha  Nance-Harber — Branch  Nine. 

Martha  A.  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1829.     When  twenty  years  of  age,  she  came  with  her 


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191 


parents  to  Illinois,  settling  in  Adams  county.  She  was  married 
in  Bloomington,  August  31,  1S54,  to  David  P.  Harber.  Mr. 
Harber  was  born  in  Indiana,  November  20,  1821.  Early  in  the 
50's  he  came  to  Illinois  and  first  located  in  Woodford  county, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming.  Later  he  followed  the  same  occu- 
pation in  Livingston  county  until  1862,  when  he  removed  to  I'A 
Paso,  where  he 
engaged  in  the 
mercantile  busi- 
ness until  1872, 
and  then  embark- 
ed in  the  imple- 
ment business  in 
Eureka.  He  was 
very  successful  in 
this  business,  re- 
tiring a  few  years 
before  his  death, 
leaving  his  busi- 
ness to  his  sons 
whom  he  had 
reared  in  it. 

Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Harber  were  char- 
ter members  of 
the  Mount  Zion 
Christian  church, 
organized  in  1855. 
They  were  ever 
after,  earnest, 
active  Christians. 

He  was  deacon  or 

elder  for  many  years.     He  died  in   Eureka,  January   29,   1897, 

honored  and  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him. 

Mrs.  Harber,  "Aunt  Mat,"  is  living  a  happy,  retired  life  in 
Bloomington,  Illinois,  within  short  walking  distance  of  the  pala- 
tial homes  of  her  three  sons.  She  is  one  of  the  five  living  limbs 
of  our  family.  She  is  a  member  of  the  First  Christian  church, 
and  seldom  misses  a  Lord's  day  morning  service.  They  were  the 
parents  of  five  children,  named  below  as  twigs  : 


MARTHA   NANCE-HARBER. 


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TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS. 

Hattie  .\un)ra.  h.  (   Edna.  h.  (  Benj.  I,e\vis. 

William  Van  Ne.st,  d -    Sani'l  Kriney j  Hattie  K. 

rlainfield.  New  Jersey   (.      Plainfield,  New  Jersey  (  Russell  L,. 


FRUIT. 


Edgar  D..  w. 
Fannie  Price  Young  .... 
Hloomington.  Illinois. 


(    Edith. 
!    Ina. 
1    Rachel. 
1^  Dorothy. 


Benj.  F..  w. 

Jennie  Ewins (  Blanche. 

Bloomington.   Illinois.  (  L,ouise. 

John  W..  w.  f  Mabel. 

Delia  Stnnibaugh,  d i    Bessie. 

2nd  w.  Mary  Baker,  j    Ethel. 

Bloomington.  Illinois.  (   Dean. 

Mina.  at  home. 


/ 


Edgar  D.,  Benjamin  F.,  and  John  W.  Harber,  twigs  above, 
comprising  the  Harber  Brothers  Company,  which  see  below,  and 
whose  Hkenesses  are  shown  herewith,  were  reared  in  the  retail 

farm  implement  busi- 
ness. They  have 
never  been  separated 
in  business  or  other- 
wise. They  each  re- 
side in  a  palatial  home 
in  the  same  part  of  the 
city.  The  families  are 
almost  daily  together, 
and  like  the  brothers, 
seem  almost  insepa- 
rable. The  brothers 
are  among  the  most 
public  spirited  citizens 
and  one  of  the  trio  is 
on  nearly  every  com- 
mittee of  citizens  look- 
ing to  the  social,  ma- 
terial,  or  spiritual 
interests  of  the  city. 
"E.  D."  was  born  at 
Eureka,  January  2, 
1857.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  Bloomington, 
January  17,  1884.  He 
has  a  very  interesting  family  of  wife  and  four  daughters.  All 
who  are  grown  are  members  of  the  First  Christian  church.  He 
is  also  a  Mason  and  a  club  man,  though  he  seldom  visits  either. 


EDGAR   DOUGLAS   HARBER 

Twig. 


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"B.  F."    was    born    in 
Livingston  county,  Illinois, 
June  4,  1858.     He  was  mar- 
ried December  8,  1881,  and 
has     an     interesting     wife 
and    two    daughters,   all 
members  of  the  First  Chris- 
tian   church,    he    being    a 
member    of    the   official 
board.     He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber   of     the     Bloomington 
Club.    "For  tireless  energy, 
keen  perception,  honesty  of 
purpose,  genius  for   devis- 
ing and  executing  the  right 
thing   at    the    right    time, 
joined    to   every-day    com- 
mon sense,  guided  by  resist- 
less power,  he  easily  stands 
at  the  head  among  the  busi- 
ness men  of  Bloomington." 


JOHN    WILLIAM    HARBER 
Twig. 


BENJAMIN    FRANKLIN   HARIiER 
Twig. 

"J.  W."was  born  Au- 
gu.st  18,  1859.  He  was 
married  to  Miss  Delia  Stum- 
baugh,  of  Eureka,  May  — , 
1879,  by  whom  he  had  one 
child. 

On  December  25,  1883, 
he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  May  Baker,  of 
Eureka.  They  have  two 
interesting  daughters,  and 
one  son,  Dean.  He  being 
the  only  sou  in  the  three 
families,  is  therefore  a 
favorite  as  well  as  a  rarity. 
This  family  are  members  of 
the  Episcopal  church,  of 
Bloomington. 

All  three  are  best  known 
in  connection  with  their 
business.      They    were 


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brought  up  in  the  retail  implement  business  at  Kureka,  from  1872 
to  1886,  at  which  date  they  came  to  Bloomington,  which  promised 
a  larger  field  of  labor.  They  ran  under  various  firm  names  until 
1 89 1,  when  they  incorporated  under  the  name,  Harber  Brothers 
Company.     They   first  did  a   retail  business,  then  added  whole- 

s  a  1  i  n  g  .       They    now    do   an 
exclusively  wholesale  business, 
handling  chiefly  vehicles  of  all 
/  \  kinds,      farm      implements     of 

,  \  every  description,  and  binding 

twine.  They  built,  own  and 
occupy  a  five  story  and  base- 
ment brick  building,  dimen- 
sions 77  X  200  feet,  and  an  '%" 
iiox  140  feet,  also  five  stories. 
This  is  the  largest  warehouse 
owned  or  used  by  any  similar 
concern  in  the  state,  including 
the  city  of  Chicago.  Their 
business  covers  the  greater 
portion  of  the  states  of  Illinois, 
Indiana,  Iowa,  Missouri,  and 
Wisconsin. 

"E.  D."  is  the  president, 
and  he  looks  after  the  legal  part  of  the  business,  makes  the  con- 
tracts with  the  manufacturers  and  dealers. 

"B.  F."  is  the  treasurer,  and  he  looks  after  the  details  of  the 
business. 

"J.  W."  is  the  vice-president,  and  he  has  full  charge  of  the 
carriage  department.  It  is  said  that  he  is  the  best  authority  in 
the  state  in  his  line. 

Clement  Henry  Nance — Branch  Ten. 

Dr.  Clement  Henry  Nance  was  born  September  15,  1833.  He 
was  married  to  Miss  Kliza  Torrence,  September  27,  i860.  He 
practiced  his  profession  most  of  his  life  at  Columbus,  Liberty,  and 
Barry,  Illinois,  dying  at  Barry,  in  1892.  He  and  his  family  are 
and  were  members  of  the  Christian  church.  Three  children  were 
born  to  this  couple,  named  below  as  twigs.  John  Torrence, 
"Captain  John  T.  Nance,  9th  cavalry.  United  States  Army,  the 
Presidio,  San  Francisco,  California,"  has  been  in  the  army  a  long 
time. 


HATTIE   HARBER-VANNEST 
Twig. 


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Clement  Floyd  is  bookkeeper  in  Quincy,  Illinois,  for  the 
Richardson  Lubricating  Company.  He  is  single,  resides  with  his 
mother  and  sister,  and  is  their  support.  Genevra  is  home  with 
her  mother,  and  is  single. 


TWIGS. 

John  Torrence,  w. 

Maie  Rowand f 

Captain    9th    Cavalry,    ( 
Presidio,     San     Frah- 
francisco,  California. 

Clement  Floyd, 

Quincy,  Illinoi.s. 
Genevra, 

Quincy,  Illinoi.s. 


BUDS. 


BI^OSSOMS. 


I-kriT, 


Curti.s. 


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CHAPTER   IX. 


Jane  Nance-Jordon. 

Jane  Nance  was  born  in  Virginia,  May  26,  1790.  Her  first 
husband  was  Jacob  Richardson,  brother  of  Isaac  Richardson,  who 
married  her  sister,  Elizabeth.  Two  children  were  born  to  this 
union.  Her  second  husband  was  one  Branum,  who  lived  but  a 
short  time.  She  then  married  Cooper  Jordon,  by  whom  she  had 
one  child. 

She  had  a  good,  sweet  temper,  was  a  faithful  member  of  the 
Christian  church.  She  lived  all  her  life  near  her  father's  old 
homestead  in  Franklin  township.  She  died  June  8,  1863,  and 
was  buried  in  the  old  Salem  church  yard.  Her  three  children 
are  named  below  as  limbs  : 

Permelia  Jones  Richardson-Welch. 
Clement  Richardson,  died  at  9. 
Susan  Jordon-Gresham. 

Permelia  Richardson-Welch — Branch  One. 

Permelia  Jones  Richardson  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana, 
December  29,  18 12.  She  was  married  to  Jacob  Welch,  in  1838. 
She  spent  her  entire  life  in  the  township  in  which  she  was  born, 
near  the  Nance  homestead.  She  was  left  a  widow  at  the  age  of 
sixty-nine,  dying  six  years  later,  July  23,  1887.  Her  married 
life  was  a  happy  one.  She  is  said  to  have  been  of  a  very  quiet 
disposition.  She  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  United  Brethren 
in  Christ  from  early  childhood.  vShe  was  the  mother  of  six  chil- 
dren ,  named  below  as  twigs  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLO-SSOMS.  I-RUIT. 

'  Clarence  W.,  18.")8,  w. 

Sarah  E.  Peiiuell \    ,.  ,  .  . 

Wilmington,  Del.  )    Raynond  Joseph, 


Mary  Jane,  h.,  1839-1873 
Joseph  C.  Smith 


Elizabeth,  died  young. 


Edgar  E,  w.  f  IVIamie,  1887. 

Ella  Spelli,s.sy j  Walter. 

1  Benjamin. 

[  Minnie  A.,  died  at  18.  I,  Joseph,  1901. 


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PERMKLIA  RICIIARDSON-WEIXH— Continued. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS. 

Kdwin. 


BUDS. 

{  Alta,  h. 
Ja.s.  Green 


FRUIT. 


Susan  Adaline,  h. 

Jo.seph  Mo.sier,  d 

New  Albany.  Indiana. 
She  was  left  a  widow 
after  fonrteen  and  a 
half  years  of  married 
life,  with  five  small 
children.  Had  her 
.share  of  ups  a  n  d 
down.s.  Once  owned 
the  Nance,  senior, 
homestead. 


.•\rthiir.  \v. 

I.,nla  Teaford 

Kdwardsville,  Indiana 

\ 

Harry  F.. 
Minneapolis,  Minn. 


Jennie,  h. 
Clarence  Steiner  . . 
McKeesport,  Pa. 


Nova  Scocia. 
Stanley. 
Herman. 
Chester. 
Irvin.  d. 
Walter,  d. 


Wilma  Elizabeth. 


Mabel, 
[      Gloster,  Mississippi. 


Alexander 
j-oung. 


H. 


died 


Avesta,  h.,  ISoO 

Wm.  Hanger 

Edwardsville,  Indiana 


Permelia,  died  young. 


Trelula,  h. 

Wm.  Foreman, f  Grace. 

New  Albany,  Indiana.    (    Nina. 

Maud. 
Nannie. 

Nola,  h. 

Gns  Tyler f  Harn,-. 

Georgetown,  Indiana.     (  Paul  W, 

Edward. 

Jessie  Permelia. 

Zetta. 

Aline. 

Wilnia. 

Ralph. 

Guy. 

Kenneth. 


Mary  Jane  Welch-Smith,  twig  above,  died  of  cholera,  in  1873, 
in  Arkansas.  She  was  brought  home  and  buried  at  Lanesville. 
She  left  three  small  children.  The)'  were  necessarily  scattered, 
the  sister,  after  growing  to  womanhood  without  a  mother's  care, 
died  at  the  age  of  eighteen. 

Edward  E.,  settled  at  New  Albany. 

Clarence  W.,  whose  picture  is  shown  herewith,  drifted  east- 
ward, settling  at  Wilmington,  Delaware,  where  he  married,  and 
is  now  filling  the  position  of  storekeeper  for  the  Diamond  State 
Steel  Company,  a  large  manufacturing  plant.  He  has  evidently 
made  a  success  in  life.  His  son's  picture  is  also  shown  below. 
His  was  the  fifth  order  received  for  the  Memorial,  and  he  was  the 
third  to  promise  photos,  notwithstanding  the  intervening  distance. 
He  writes:     "We  are  shouting  Methodists,  and  for  Teddy." 

Arthur  Mosier,  bud  above,  owns  and  resides  on  the  old  and 
original  homestead  of  Clement  Nance,  senior,  which  he  entered 
from  the  government  in  1S07.  The  farm  consists  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  and  is  in  a  fine  state  of  cultivation.     The  house 


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and  barn  are  modern  in  appearance,  though  the  house  is  the 
hewn  log  house  erected  by  the  original  owner.  It  is  now  sided 
and  painted,  plastered,  and  papered. 

Mr.  William  Hanger,  above,  is  a  farmer,  residing  on  the 
Corj'don  Pike,  near  Edwardsville,  Indiana,  a  member  of  the 
board  of  county  commissioners  and  a  prominent  citizen.  They 
have  a  bright,  intelligent  family,  mostly  girls.  Maud  and  Jessie 
are  teachers  in  the  public  schools. 

Susan  Jordon — Branch  Three. 

Susan  Jordon  was  born  about  18 16,  and  died  about  1841.  She 
was  united  in  marriage  to  Jerry  Gresham.  She  seems  to  have 
given  birth  to  two  girls,  Caroline  and  Joanna,  and  then  to  have 
died,  leaving  no  history.     The  girls  died  in  infancy. 


A  Prayer. 

"In  the  Great  Ilaiul  of  Cod  I  Stand." 

Maker  of  earth,  and  ruler  of  the  sky — 
That  twirls  the  stars  in  orhits  true, 

Scanning  all  space,  Tin-  watchful  eye 
Doth  note  the  siui  ami  sparrow  too — 

Thou  sleepest  not ;  and  safe  I  lie 
In  the  great  hollow  of  Thy  hand. 

Uphold  the  earth  beneath  niy  bed — 
High  hold  the  clouds  above  my  head — 

And  when  the  morning  gilds  the  land, 
And  wakes  the  world,  if  I  still  sleep, 

Still  o'er  me  then  Thy  vigils  keep. 
And  quick  or  dead,  I  know  I  stand 

Safe  in  the  hollow  of  Thy  mighty  hand. 

—E.  A.  Shields. 

April  28,  1878. 


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CHAPTER   X. 


John  Wesley  Nance — Limb  Nine. 

John  Wesley  Nance  was  bom  iu  Virginia  about  1792.  He 
was  married  to  Cloe  Mitchell,  his  second  cousin,  she  being  the 
daughter  and  name  sake  of  Cloa  Nance  Mitchell,  first  cousin  of 
our  ancestral  head.  When  or  where  they  were  married  is 
unknown.  He  must  have  died  in  August  or  September,  1S21, 
after  the  date  of  his  father's  will,  July  28,  and  before  October  i, 
for  on  that  date  letters  of  administration  were  granted  to  settle 
his  estate.  Levi  Burton  and  the  widow,  Cloe  Nance,  were 
granted  letters  of  administration.  He  must  have  died  in  Harri- 
son county,  for  the  estate  was  settled  there.  He  owned  eighty 
acres  in  Floyd  county,  adjoining  his  brother,  Clement,  on  the 
west.  He  had  two  "infant  children,"  Polly  and  William. 
Edmond  Gwin  was  appointed  guardian  of  the  children.  The 
estate  was  closed  in  full,  October  9,  1824.  The  guardian  of  the 
children  married  the  widow,  November  11,  1821.  The  two  chil- 
dren are  named  below  as  branches  : 

Mary  Kelso,  William. 

Mary  Nance-Kelso — Branch  One. 

Mary  (Polly),  was  called  "an  infant,"  in  the  settling  of  her 
father's  estate.  She  was  reared  by  her  mother  and  guardian,  as 
mentioned  above.  She  must  have  married  Moses  Kelso,  before 
vSeptember  13,  1832,  for  on  that  date  he  receipted  for  money  from 
the  estate  of  Clement  Nance,  signing  for  Mary,  his  wife.  He 
also  receipted  for  J.  W.  Nance,  from  .same  estate,  in  1837.  Noth- 
ing more  is  known  of  this  couple  except  that  he  is  called  "Rev. 
Kelso,"  and  she  is  said  to  have  gone  blind,  Dr.  Mitchell  treating 
her. 

WiLijAM  Nance — Branch  Two. 

William  Nance  was  no  doubt  born  in  Harrison  county,  or 
Floyd   county.     He  was  no  doubt  married   in  that  part  of  the 


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state,  for  the  Sparks  familj'  were  a  pioneer  family  of  that  section. 
He  was  married  to  Elizabeth  Sparks.  The}'  lived  in  Sullivan 
and  Parke  counties,  Indiana.  He  died  at  Bridgetcn,  Parke 
county,  October  3,  1888.  Eight  children  were  born  to  this 
couple,  none  living  at  the  date  of  my  information,  March  31, 
1S97.     They  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS.  FRTIT. 

John  Weslev,  w.,  d.  1881  (  Mary,  li J    Harvey. 

Rachel  Bvef.s I  (    Cole. 

2nd  w.  Kate  Manly.  (  1  dead. 

Mary,  h.,  d. 

Wilson  Hunt \   William. 

(   2  dead. 
William,    died    in     civil 

war. 
Benjamin,   died   in   civil 

war. 
Robert,  died  in  civil  war. 

f  William  A.,  w. 

I    I.,illie  Dunn (    iiKprt  k 

Albert  S.,  w.,  d.  189.".  I  1   ^^^"'  ^- 

Nancy  E.  Davisson ;    Leona. 

Daniel  H. 
Thomas  P. 
Albert  C. 
Henrs",  w.,  d. 
Ivaurd  Marshall,  d |   jj^jj^   ^^^^^^  i,j  gt^j-m. 


Sullivan,  Illinois. 


■^KiZ 


XilK    1>ANC1S    iVliSMOKlAlv. 


CHAPTER  XI. 


Elizabeth  Nance-Richardson — I,imb  Ten. 

Elizabeth  Nance,  whose  picture  is  herewith  shown,  was  born 
in  Virginia,  in  1793.  She  was  married  before  she  was  fourteen. 
Being  a  mere  child  it  is  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  the  marriage 

proved  a  very  unfortunate 
one.  After  a  very  few 
years  of  great  privation, 
her  father  took  her  home 
and  cared  for  her  and  her 
two  sons.  She  was  married 
four  times,  and  outlived  all 
her  husbands.  Her  first 
husband  was  Isaac  Richard- 
son, by  whom  she  had  two 
children.  She  was  next 
married  to  Anderson  Long, 
April  5,  18 13,  Patrick 
Shields  performing  the 
ceremony.  To  this  union 
were  born  five  children. 
Mr.  Long  died  at  the  age 
of  thirty-two,  in  Floyd 
county,  Indiana.  Her 
third  husband  was  Joseph 
Walden,  a  "Yankee  school- 
master." To  this  couple 
was  born  one  child.  John 
Benson  was  her  last  hus- 
band. From  this  union  there  was  no  issue.  These  eight  chil- 
dren are  named  below  as  Limbs. 

Grandma  Benson,  by  which  name  she  was  known  in  the  later 
years  of  her  life,  when  the  author  knew  her,  was  a  wonderful 
character  ;  well  posted  in  all   matters  in  her  day ;  decided  in  her 


eij/-abe;th  nance-richardson. 


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politics  and  religion.  A  walking  encyclopoedia  of  information, 
well  versed  in  history.  She  had  a  wonderful  memory,  therefore 
a  source  of  knowledge.  Even  in  her  old  age,  her  mind  was  fresh 
and  vigorous.  Her  children,  grandchildren,  and  great  grand- 
children often  went  to  her  for  knowledge  of  events  that  happened 
in  early  days,  and  she  was  always  able,  ready  and  willing  to  give 
what  they  desired.  Aaron  A.  Richardson,  of  Wellington,  Kan- 
sas, grandson,  to  whom  I  am  indebted  for  most  of  this  informa- 
tion, says  : 

I  often  tell  people,  when  showing  her  picture,  "Grandma  Benson  was 
the  best  posted  woman  I  ever  saw." 

The  author,  when  a  student  at  Eureka  college,  spent  sev^eral 
months  at  the  same  home  with  Grandma  Benson.  He  well 
remembers  the  quiet,  cheerful  disposition,  the  kindly  words,  and 
above  all,  the  blessed  Bible  which  grandma  spent  so  much  time  in 
reading.  Early  in  life  she  espoused  the  religion  of  the  Master  as 
taught  by  her  illustrious  father,  and  throughout  her  long  life  was 
always  true  to  her  early  faith,  living  and  dying  a  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  Christian  church.  In  1836,  she  came  to  Eureka,  Illi- 
nois, then  called  Walnut  Grove.  This  was  ever  after,  her  home. 
Grandma  passed  into  rest  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  vSusan 
Long  Mitchell,  August  13,  1872,  and  was  buried  at  Mount  Zion. 
A  granite  stone  marks  her  resting  place. 

Aaron  Richardson,  James  Madison  Richardson, 

William  Eong,  Mary  Jane  Eong-Bullington, 

Julia  Ann  Eong-Oatman,       Martha  Long-Jennings, 
Susan  Long- Mitchell,  Nancy  Walden-Harper. 

Aaron  Richardson — Branch  One. 

Aaron  Richardson  was  born  in  Eloyd  county,  Indiana,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1808.  He  was  united  in  marriage  with  Margaret  Nance, 
limb  seven,  branch  two,  July  11,  1S33,  and  soon  removed  to 
Woodford  county,  Illinois.  With  his  brother,  James  M.,  he  laid 
out  the  village  of  Bowling  Green,  about  six  miles  southeast  of 
Eureka.  At  one  time  this  was  the  largest  town  in  the  county, 
but  now  it  is  a  corn  field.  He  remained  here  in  the  mercantile 
and  milling  business  until  1849,  when  he  removed  to  Columbus, 
Adams  county,  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  part- 
nership with  his  cousin,  Clement  Nance  (limb  five,  branch  two). 
About  the  beginning  of  1853,  he  moved  to  Bloomington,  Illinois, 
and  went  into  the  lumber  business.     In  1838,  while  residing  at 


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Bowliug  Greeu,  his  wife  died.  One  year  later  he  returned  to 
Floyd  county,  and  married  Mary  Nance,  sister  of  his  first  wife. 
To  the  first  union  were  born  four  children,  but  one  living,  and  to 
the  second,  four.  Those  coming  to  maturity  are  named  below  as 
twigs. 

Aaron  Richardson  is  said  to  have  been  a  man  of  great  faith — 
one  of  God's  most  noble  men.     He  early  followed  his  mother  into 


AARON   RICHARDSON. 


the  Christian  church,  and  ever  proved  faithful  to  his  Master.  He 
was  a  worthy  father  to  his  children  who  have  become  illustrious, 
and  who  have  and  are  still  making  the  w^orld  better  by  their 
living  in  it.  He  died  at  Bloomington,  Illinois,  August  lo,  1854, 
at  the  age  of  forty-six,  and  was  buried  at  Bowling  Green,  beside 
his  first  wife. 


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205 


TWIGS. 


James   Harvev,    w.   1834- 

1901 
Olive  Davis  Torrence  .  . . 

801  North  12th  Street, 

Quincy,  Illinois. 


BUDS. 
All)ert  Aaron.  \v. 

Mary  I^aHanine 

Quincy,  Illinois. 

Carrie,  h. 

:\Iorris  Hoxsey 

(juincy,  Illinois. 

James  Harvey,  w. 

Mary  K.  ('.rove 

Onincy,  Illinois. 

John  Torrence, 
(Juincy,  Illinois. 

Emmett  Dean,  w. 

Anna  T.  Austin 

Quincy,  Illinois. 

William  Douglas,  w. 
Marion  Iv  lilasland. 
[       Qnincj-,  Illinois. 


BI,OSSOMS. 


I-KTIT. 


(    Mary. 
/    Susie. 


Olive.W   J.biAv^'li 


t    Ilarvcy  George. 
(    Virginia. 


j   Marian. 

I   Adelaide  Elizabeth 


Helen  De.xter. 


Permelia,  h.,  d. 

Harrison  Ward 

l,a  Belle,  Missouri. 


BY  SECOND  WIFE. 
Charles  A.,  w.  (   Marv. 

Mary  Roe J    I<oui'se. 

2iid  w.  Carrie  Jencks.         1    I,e\vis. 
Ea  Belle,  Mi.s.souri.  I    Harrison. 

Marv,  h. 

Alfred  Call f   A.  Harrv.  d. 

t)0;i     North      Spruce   (  Wiilfield  S. 

Street,         Colorado 

.Springs,  Colorado. 


Franklin  .\.,  w. 
Mary  Ilallnian,  d. 
■Jntl  w.  Katie  .Sanders. 
Greenfield,  Iowa. 


Hazel 


Alonzo,  w. 
Myra  Butz. 
2nd  w. 


r  Ray,  Dr. 

I       Port  Angeles, 


Wash. 


Ej'curgus,     never     mar- 
ried. 


Rev.  Wm.  Franklin,  w 

Eeora  Enierson  -I    Joyce 

Kansas  City,  Mi.s.souri.    |    Bayard. 
[   Frank.  ( 


Ethel, 
Quincy,  Illinois. 


f  Olive. 
I    Clement. 


RICHARDvSON    PASSED    AWAY. 


QuiNCv's   Fokimi:r  Postm.^bter  DiF.n  To-D.\v. 


James   Harvey  Richardson.    .Senior,  Died  of  Drop.sy  and   Heart  Trouble   This   Morning 

After  an  Illne.ss  of  Over  .Six  Months. 

Eternal  rest  came  shortly  after  four  o'clock  this  moriiiiii.,^  to  the  tired 
frame  of  James  H.  Richardson,  one  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  this  com- 
munity. At  all  times  since  Fel:)ruary  last  he  has  been  considered  a  very  sick 
man,  and  for  the  last  month,  at  least,  his  death  was  anticipated  at  any  time. 
Yesterday  it  was  known  that  the  end  was  immediately  at  hand,  and  the 
family  were  }<athered  alxjut  the  1)edside  all  afternoon  and  nitiht.  This  morn- 
ing, just  as  the  gray  dawn  was  breaking  in  the  east,  his  spirit  took  its  flight 
and  the  vigil  was  over.  Until  this  year  he  was  as  strong,  rugged,  and  virile 
a  figure  as  the  heart  could  wish.  He  was  a  large-framed,  stalwart  person 
and  seemed  the  embodiment  of  good  health  and  .spirits.  l?tit  with  advanced 
years  came  the  break-down,  and  the  heart  cea.sed  to  perform  its  full  fiuic- 


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tions.  Then  came  dropsy  and  pjradnal  dissolution.  Through  it  all  he  had 
been  a  patient  sufferer,  and  even  with  the  seal  of  death  on  his  1>row,  his 
innate  urbanity  and  cheerfulness  did  not  abandon  him. 

James  H.  Richardson  was  born  at  New  Albany,  Indiana,  March  25,  1S34, 
and  was  therefore  in  his  sixty-seventh  year.  His  parents  came  to  Illinois 
when  he  was  an  infant,  settling  first  at  Bowling  Green.  They  came  to 
Adams  county  about  1840,  and  the  father  of  the  deceased  was  associated  with 
the  late  Clement  Nance  in  the  conduct  of  a  general  store  in  Columbus,  which 
in  those  days  was  the  rival  of  Quincy  for  the  location  of  the  county  seat. 
After  receiving  an  education  in  the  public  .schools  of  that  day,  young  Rich- 
ardson began  the  study  of  law,  entering  first  the  office  of  the  well  known 
finii  of  Kdnunids  6c  Warren.     When  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  he  located 

at  Marysville,  ]Mi.ssouri.  This 
was  in  1857.  In  a  very  short 
time  he  removed  to  Eureka,  Illi- 
nois, and  in  1862  came  to  Quincy, 
and  this  city  has  been  his  home 
from  that  day  to  this. 

Within  a  very  short  time 
after  locating  in  Quincy,  he  was 
elected  city  attorney,  and  filled 
his  position  with  credit  and 
ability.  It  was  by  him  that  the 
city  code  was  first  compiled,  and 
the  work  lasted  many  years. 
He  then  formed  a  partnership 
with  the  late  Judge  Henry  L. 
Warren  and  Colonel  Thomas 
Thoroughman,  and  the  firm  had 
an  extensive  legal  practice. 
When  this  partnership  was  dis- 
solved, he  associated  him.self 
with  the  late  Senator  Arntzen. 
In  1870  and  1872,  he  represented 
the  district  in  the  state  senate, 
having  been  elected  to  succeed 
Samuel  R.  Chittenden.  There 
were  four  sessions  of  this  assem- 
bly, and  in  all  the  deliberations  Senator  Richardson  took  an  active  and 
honorable  part.  When  Grover  Cleveland  was  first  elected  president,  he 
named  Mr.  Richardson  as  postmaster  for  Quincy.  It  was  during  his  term 
that  Quincy  was  made  an  all  night  office.  Prior  to  that  time  all  mails  closed 
at  nine  o'clock.  He  furnished  a  business  like  and  popular  administration  of 
postal  affairs  and  retired  from  the  office  with  credit  when  the  new  president 
came  in.  After  that  he  and  his  sons  organized  the  Richardson  Lubricating 
Company,  and  with  this  his  connection  continued  until  death.  For  much  of 
the  time  he  was  on  the  road  for  the  firm,  and  he  was  recognized  as  one  of  the 
most  successful  business  representatives  in  his  line  in  the  coimtrv.  The 
deceased  imbibed  his  democracy  in  the  days  of  Andrew  Jackson,  and  stood 


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Twig. 


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by  his  colors  to  the  end.  He  was  always  active  in  politics  and  labored  rej?- 
ularly  for  the  cause  at  the  polls,  in  coniniittee  and  on  the  stump.  So  late  as 
the  last  campaign  he  went  throutjh  the  country  making  speeches,  and  he 
was  recognized  as  a  forceful  and  eloquent  debater. 

The  deceased  was  married  on  September  S,  1S57,  to  Miss  Olive  Torrence, 
a  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.  John  Torrence.  The  widow  survives,  as  also  a 
daughter,  and  five  sons.  The  sons  are  all  identified  with  the  father  in  the 
business  of  the  Lubricating  Company. 

]Mr.  Ricliard.son  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  since  1SS5,  and 
was  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  as  well. 

In  all  the  relations  of  life  he  was  an  upright  and  honorable  man.  His 
familv  affairs  were  of  the  most  genial  order  and  he  was  a  kind  and  devoted 
husband  and  father.  In  the  passing  of  James  Harvey  Richardson,  the  city 
has  lost  one  of  its  most  faithful  and  earnest  citizens,  and  the  sympathy  of 
the  entire  communit}^  is  extended  to  this  most  worthy  family. —  The  Ouincy 
Daily  Herald,  September  iS,  igoi. 

Rev.  William  Franklin  Richardson. 

W.  F.  Richardson,  twig,  the  fourth  and' last  child  of  Aaron 
and  Mary  Nance  Richardson,  was  born  in  Columbus,  Adams 
county,  Illinois,  June  30,  1852.  The  next  year  his  parents 
removed  to  Bloomington,  same  state,  and  the  following  year  his 
father  died.  In  1856,  the  mother  with  her  children,  moved  to 
Eureka.  Here  Frank  received  his  entire  schooling.  From  1858 
to  1866,  in  the  public  schools,  and  from  1872  to  1876,  in  Eureka 
college,  graduating  with  degree  of  A.  B.  He  received  the  degree 
of  A.  M.  three  years  later.  In  1896  Drake  University  conferred 
the  degree  of  LL.  D.  upon  him.  The  years  1866  to  1872  were 
.spent  in  Ouincy,  working  for  the  support  of  himself  and  his 
mother. 

The  author  first  knew  Frank  at  Eureka  in  1866.  He  has 
always  said  he  believed  Frank  to  have  been  the  sweetest,  noblest, 
manliest  boy  of  fourteen  he  has  ever  known.  It  is  not  believed 
that  Frank  ever  sowed  any  "wild  oats."  The  boy  was  a  true 
prophecy  of  the  man. 

He  was  married  to  Miss  Leora  M.  Emerson,  at  Decatur,  Illi- 
nois, May  24,  1877,  they  having  been  classmates  at  Eureka, 
graduating  together.  She  is  a  daughter  of  the  late  Judge  Emer- 
son, of  Decatur.  She  has  proved  herself  a  most  noble  woman,  a 
helpmate  for  her  husband. 

This  union  has  been  blessed  with  five  children  as  per  table 
above,  the  youngest,  Frank,  dying  at  the  age  of  two. 

He  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Christian  church  while  a  stu- 
dent at  Eureka.     His  pastorates  have  been  as  follows  :     Pontiac, 


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Illinois,  four  years,  1875  to  1879  ;  Assumption,  Illinois,  three 
years,  1879  to  1882  ;  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  five  years,  Decem- 
ber, 1884,  to  February,  1890;  First  Christian  church,  Allegheny, 
Pennsylvania,  two  years,  February,  1890,  to  April,  1892;  Central 
Church,  Denver,  Colorado,  two  and  a  half  years,  April,  1892,  to 
October,  1894  !  First  Christian  church,  Kansas  City,  Missouri, 
October,    1894,    to    the   present,  the   pastorate   still    continuing. 


REV.    W.    K.    RICHARDSON 
Twig. 

These  churches  are  the  leading  ones  of  the  Christian  church  in 
the  cities  where  they  are  located,  in  places  where  there  are  more 
than  one. 

Cousin  Frank  has  been  president  of  State  Missionary  Boards 
in  the  states  of  Michigan,  Colorado,  and  Missouri.  He  was 
president  of  the  American  Christian  Mi.ssionary  Society  at  its 
Jubilee  convention  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1899. 


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I  fiud  ill  the  Lookout,  of  November,  1898,  a  sketch  of  Cousin 
Frank,  over  the  signature  of  P.  Y.  Pendleton,  from  which  I  quote 
as  follows  : 

For  more  than  a  decade  the  name  of  Brother  W.  F.  Richardson  has  stood 
among  the  leaders  of  the  Disciples  of  Christ.  *  *  *  lie-  iiniUiI 
with  the  church  at  Eureka,  while  a  small  lad  of  ci.ylit  years,  under  the 
preaching  of  Brother  Washington  Houston,  and  was  baptized  1)y  Dr.  J.  M. 
Allen.  Soon  after  entering  Eureka  college,  he  began  to  ])rcach  for  the 
churches  'round  about,  and  very  largely  paid  his  way  through  college  bv 
means  of  their  generous  remuneration.  His  first  pastorate  after  graduating 
was  at  I'ontiac,  Illinois,  where  he  had  been  preaching  regularly  for  a  year 
and  a  half  of  his  school  course,  and  where  he  remained  two  and  a  lialf  years 
longer,  clo.sing  his  labors  in  March,  1S79.  He  spent  the  next  three  years 
with  the  church  at  Assumption,  Illinois.  Early  in  the  third  year  of  his 
labors  there,  his  voice  began  failing  him,  as  a  result  of  congestion  of  the 
vocal  cords  and  a  slight  stroke  of  paralysis  in  them.  Before  the  close  of  that 
year  he  was  compelled  to  abandon  the  work  of  the  ministry,  having  almost 
wholly  lost  the  power  of  speech.  In  the  spring  of  1882,  he  went  to  Denver, 
Colorado,  and  was  in  secidar  business  for  nearly  three  years.  In  December, 
1884,  his  voice  having  been  restored  to  him,  he  accepted  a  call  to  tin-  church 
at  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.  He  spent  five  very  happy  years  with  that 
church,  during  which  time  their  present  house  of  worship  was  erected.  In 
February,  1890,  he  began  his  pastorate  with  the  church  of  Allegheny, 
Pennsylvania,  which  lasted  but  a  little  more  than  two  years,  the  climate  ])n)y- 
ing  very  hurtful  to  his  throat,  and  threatening  him  with  a  return  of  his 
former  trouble.  It  was  during  this  pastorate  that  we  learned  to  know  and 
love  Brother  Richardson,  and  we  bear  personal  testimony  to  the  joy  with 
which  he  was  welcomed,  and  the  sorrow  with  which  he  was  suffered  to 
depart.  From  Allegheny  he  went  to  Denver,  and  from  thence  to  his  present 
charge  at  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  Brother  Richardson  is  a  clear  and  yigor- 
ous  thinker,  a  pleasing  and  forcible  .speaker.  He  never  stoops  to  the  .sen.sa- 
tional,  and  never  needs  to  do  so.  His  strength  lies  in  his  wholesomeness, 
and  his  sermons  have  the  flavor  of  the  first  Psalms,  for  they  leave  you  con- 
tent with  ( 'rod's  present  providences,  and  cheerfully  hopeful  as  to  his  future 
designs.  Brother  Richardson  is  a  man  of  excellent  balance,  and  his  charac- 
ter is  .symmetrically  developed,  and  on  a  large  scale  at  that.  He  got  his 
reputation  and  influence  by  no  accident,  and  he  will  lose  them  by  no  slight 
mischance. 

I  cannot  do  better  than  to  close  this  sketch  by  giving  in  full 
a  letter  from  J.  H.  Garrison,  editor  of  the  Christian  Evangelist, 
St.  Louis,  Missouri,  one  of  the  leading  weekly  papers  of  the 
Christian  church,  who  has  been  intimately  a.ssociated  with  Cousin 
Frank  from  his  boyhood.  The  author  had  seen  numerous  edi- 
torial references  to  Cousin  Frank  in  the  Christian  Evangelist  for 
several  years,  but  had  none  at  hand.  So  he  wrote  to  the  editor 
for  a  statement  of  his  estimate  of  the  man.  The  following  is  the 
reply  : 


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Geo.  W.  Nance,  Dear  Brother:  Referring  to  your  note  asking  a  few 
words  concerning  Brother  Richardson,  I  suliniit  the  following  : 

I  have  known  W.  F.  Richardson  from  his  early  young  manhood.  As  a 
A'oung  man  he  was  sunny-hearted,  cheerful,  industrious,  and  devoted  to  the 
church.  As  a  minister  of  the  gospel  he  has  risen  steadily  in  the  confidence 
and  esteem  of  the  brotherhood.  His  chief  characteristics  are  clearness  of 
thought,  the  utmost  sincerity  in  his  religious  convictions,  single-hearted 
devotion  to  the  cause  he  loves,  unselfish  service,  and  all-round  view  of  and 
care  for  our  general  interests  and  opeu-mindedness  to  receive  whatever  new 

truth  God  may  show 
to  him.  He  is  in 
every  way  a  lovable 
man,  well  poised  in 
judgment  and  char- 
acter and  a  tower  of 
strength  to  the  cause 
of  primitive  Christi- 
anity. Long  may 
his  valuable  life  be 
spared  to  preach 
the  unsearchable 
riches  of  Christ,  and 
to  minister  to  the 
manifold  needs  of 
his  fellownien. 
Yours  fraternally, 
J.  H.  Garrison. 

Franklin  A. 
Ward,  bud  above, 
whose  picture  is 
shown  herewith, 
was  born  on  Jan- 
uary 23,  1873,  at 
Qiiincy,  Illinois. 
He  enlisted  in 
Company  B,  23rd 
United  States 
infantry,  Febru- 
ary 8,  1890,  and  was  discharged  August  i,  1892.  He  re-enlisted 
November  12,  1896,  and  was  discharged  in  Jolo,  Philippine 
Islands,  November  12,  1899.  He  served  in  the  Philippines  from 
June,  1898,  to  November,  1899.  He  participated  in  the  follow- 
ing engagements  :  Assatilt  upon  and  capture  of  Manila,  skirmish 
near  Maraquina,  a.ssault  and  capture  of  Caloocan,  assault  and 
capture  of  Malinta,  fall  of  Mellibon,  Fonda  outbreak,  first  expe- 
dition to  the  lake  "Goagunda  De  Bey."  .^ 

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Returning  from  the  Philippine  Islands,  he  married  Miss  Katie 
Sanders,  and  settled  down  at  Greenfield,  Iowa.  He  is  a  deacon 
in  the  Christian  church,  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  the  Odd 
Fellows,  and  is  a  prohibitionist.  Follows  house  painting  and 
decorating  as  a  business.  Frank  is  at  present  district  deputy 
Grand  Master  of  the  Odd  Fellows. 


James  Madison  Richardson— Branch  Two. 

James  Madison  Richardson  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana, 
June  lo,  iSio.  When  a  small  child,  his  father  and  mother  sepa- 
rated. He  lived  with  his 
mother  and  grandfather  until 
he  was  eight,  when  his  father 
took  him  to  Ohio,  where  he 
remained  until  he  was  sixteen, 
when  he  ran  away  and  went 
to  Canada.  His  father  learn- 
ing of  his  whereabouts,  came 
after  him,  but  he  eluded  him 
and  returned  to  New  Albany, 
walking  most  of  the  way.  He 
remained  with  his  mother  and 
step-father  until  he  married. 
This  event  took  place  May 
30,  1 830,  when  he  was  but 
twenty.  The  bridewas  Nancy 
Russell.  The  next  year  this 
couple  decided  to  try  for  a 
home  farther  west.  On  Octo- 
ber 3,  183 1,  they  landed  at 
the  home  of  John  and  Nancy 
Oatman  (limb  six),  at  Walnut 
Grove,  now  Eureka,  Illinois. 
Their  earthly  possessions  at  this  time  consisted  of  one  horse,  one 
one-horse  wagon,  and  thirty-seven  cents  in  money.  He  had 
attended  school  just  three  months  and  nine  days.  When  he  was 
married  he  could  not  write  his  own  name.  He  soon  found  that  to 
do  business  he  must  learn  to  write.  In  a  short  time  he  could 
write  a  fair  hand.  In  connection  with  his  brother,  Aaron,  as 
mentioned  elsewhere,  he  began  a  business  career  at  Bowling 
Green,  which   continued  until    1850,  when  he   moved   to  a  farm 


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adjoining  Secor,  and  but  a  few  miles  from  Bowling  Green,  and 
dealt  in  stock  quite  extensively,  until  1870,  when  he  was  afflicted 
with  cancer,  which  finally  caused  his  death.  He  was  fortunate  in 
his  business  life  and  amassed  an  abundance  of  this  world's  goods. 
He  was  county  commissioner  of  Woodford  county  during  the 
building  of  the  court  house  at  Watamora.  Although  very  insig- 
nificant now,  it  was  counted 
a  very  fine  structure  at  that 
time,  and  still  stands,  a  mon- 
ument to  honest  material  and 
workmanship. 

Mr.  Richardson  was  a 
Nance  in  everything  but 
name.  His  ideals  of  man- 
hood were  of  the  most 
exalted.  He  had  confidence 
in  humanity.  His  hand  and 
his  heart  were  ever  open  to 
the  needy.  He  was  out- 
spoken in  his  politics  and 
religion.  He  was  not  a 
public  speaker,  but  a  deep 
thinker  and  a  fine  conver- 
sationalist. His  utterances 
were  very  rapid,  a  character- 
istic of  so  many  of  the 
Nances.  He  never  wavered 
in  his  convictions,  nor  tem- 
pered his  utterances  for  tlie 
sake  of  popularity.  The  author's  Sunday  or  vacation  visits  at 
the  home  of  "Uncle  Jim  and  Aunt  Nancy,"  while  a  student  at 
Eureka  college,  were  a  joy  in  anticipation  and  reflection,  as  well 
as  in  fruition. 

In  politics  he  was  a  democrat.  In  religion  he  was  a  life  long, 
consistent,  and  faithful  member  of  the  Christian  church.  I  am 
not  informed  as  to  the  time  or  place  in  which  he  became  a  Chris- 
tian. Six  children  were  born  to  this  union,  named  below  as  twigs. 
Mr.  Richardson  departed  this  life  August  12,  1875,  and  was 
buried  at  Secor,  within  seven  miles  of  which  place  he  spent  the 
last  forty-four  years  of  his  life.  His  life's  companion  survived 
him  over  ten  years. 


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TWIGS. 


Charles  R,,  \v.,  d. 
Sarah  McCortl,  d. 


lUJDS. 
f  James  M. 

I    Emilia  Belle,  h. 

)    Chas.  E.  Bowman 

Argentine,  Kansas. 

William  A. 
Chas.  I^ee. 


Bl^OSSOMS. 


Ella  B. 


Ik  LIT. 


2iui  w.  Meriha  E.  Avise.d 


Elizabeth,  h. 
James  Jennings 
Dowes,  Iijwa. 


William  K..  w. 
Nancy  Butler. . . . 
Secor,  Illinois, 


Aaron  A.,  \v, 

Martha  McKee 

Wellington,  Kan.sas, 


Russell  A.,  w. 

Ivucv  K.  I.  Methiidv 

CM     Chestnut     S'trect, 
I       St.  I<ouis,  Mi,ssouri. 

[   Meriba  E. 

Jas.  Sam'l  Boiiifield,  w. 

Ethel  Crater 

Dowes,  Iowa, 

I<izzie,  h. 
Chas,  Burger, 
Dowes,  Iowa, 

Maggie,  h, 
John  I^ynion, 

Clarence,  w. 

May  , 

[       Dowes,  low.'i. 

'  Mary,  h. 

H.  M.  Sinclair 

Kearney,  Nebraska. 


)    Chas,  E.  M. 
(    Russell  K. 


Earl. 


f  William. 
J   J^v. 
1    Mildred. 
I  I<:ila. 


Margaret,  h,,  <1. 

Jas.  W.  Robeson 

Heyworth,  Illinois, 


Martha  ("Duck"),  h. 

Ralph  Pyle 

Peoria,  Illinois. 


Eldora,  h, 

J.  W.  Cook 

Webb,  Iowa, 

Eva  C,  at  liome, 

Ida  May,  h. 

Wm.  11'.  Claggctl 

I^exington,  Illinois. 

Dr.  l%(Uvin  J.,  w. 
I/)la  Bush, 

•itU  West  la'.llh    Street, 

New  York  City. 

Dr,  I/)uis  K. 

Enid,  Oklahoma. 

Charles  A.,  w, 
Mary  Walter, 
1^      Jennings,  Louisiana, 

I    Dr,  T,  Jay.  w. 
Frances  Harper. 
Chicago,  Illinoi,s. 

Stella  K.,  h, 
-     Edvv,  F,  liogart, 
Chicago,  Illinois, 

Nancy,  h, 

Aliad'a  Dickinson 

[       Blooniington,    Illinois. 

"D,"  w. 

Emma  Hay 

Jersey  City,  New  Jer- 
.sey,  care  of  Swift  it 
Co. 

Emma,  h, 

Crammoud, 

Peoria,  Illinois, 


iMlna. 
Ada. 
James  R. 


.Sail ford  K. 
Jt)sepliiiie. 
Frances  I,oui.se. 


Herbert  .Miada. 


Edith. 


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Russell  A  V  i  s  e 
Richardson  ,  bud 
above,  is  a  dealer  in 
real  estate  in  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  own- 
ing much  property  in 
the  city  and  in  East 
St.  Louis,  on  the  Illi- 
nois side  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi. Himself  and 
family  are  shown 
herewith.  The  author 
regrets  his  inability  to 
say  any  more,  believ- 
ing him  worthy,  but 
knowing  nothing. 

Aaron  A.  Richard- 
son, now  residing  at 
Wellington,  Kansas, 
and  secretary  of  the 
Southern  Kansas 
Mutual  Insurance 
Company,  was  born 
at  Bowling  Green, 
Illinois,  October  23, 
1837.  He  became  a 
member  of  the  Chris- 
tian church  at  the  age  of  ten,  being  baptized  by  "Uncle  Jimmy 
Robeson,"  named  elsewhere  in  this  volume.  He  has  always  been 
active  in  church  work.  He  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school  at  Secor  for  twenty-one  years.  This  was  a  large  and 
influential  school  at  the  time.  About  three  hundred  were  taken 
into  the  church  from  the  Sunday  school  during  these  twenty-one 
years.  W.  F.  Richardson  giv^es  his  cousin,  Aaron,  credit  largely 
for  his  having  become  a  minister  of  the  gospel.  Not  only  did  he 
give  him  the  moral  support  and  encouragement  that  a  poor  boy 
needs  so  many  times  while  battling  his  way  through  school,  but 
his  purse  was  ever  open  to  supply  his  needs.  O,  that  his  gener- 
ation might  increase. 

After  remaining  near  the  place  of  his  birth  for  forty-three 
years,  he  removed  to  Pontiac,  Illinois,  where  his  children  grew  to 
maturity.     After  remaining  in  Pontiac  eleven  years,  he  removed, 


RUSSETJy   K.    RICHARDSON 

lUossom. 


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in  1891,  to  his  present  home.     He  owns  several  large  farms  but 
does  not  attend  personally  to  their  cultivation. 

Aaron  A.  Richardson  and  Martha  McKee  were  united  in  mar- 
riage December  16,  1857.  His  choice  of  a  companion  was  a  good 
one.  She  is  worthy  of  him.  They  have  four  living  children 
(three  having  passed  away  in  childhood),  and  be  it  said  in  their 
praise,  they  are  following  in  the  foot  steps  of  the  four  generations 

that  have  preceded 
them. 

Ida  May  Clag- 
gett,  of  I^exington, 
Illinois,  was  the 
moving  spirit  in 
the  reorganization 
of  the  church  at 
Lexington,  and  she 
is  just  as  active  in 
its  support. 

Dr.  Edwin  J. 
Richardson,  of  New 
York  City,  attend- 
ed the  Universit}^ 
of  New  York.  He 
took  highest  medal 
in  surgery.  He 
practiced  one  year 
in  the  Sixty-fifth 
Street  hospital,  and 
holds  a  place  on  the 
board  of  health  of 
the  city.  He  has  a 
fine  practice,  and  is 
very  active  in 
church  work  in  the  Lenox  avenue  Church  of  Christ,  New  York 
City. 

Louis  Richardson  is  a  young  man  of  most  noble  character. 
He  is  a  dentist  by  profession.  Took  high  honors  in  his  school, 
The  Chicago  College  of  Dental  Surgery.  Has  practiced  several 
years  in  Chicago.  He  is  also  a  very  fine  singer.  Refused  an 
offer  of  sixty-five  dollars  per  week  for  thirty-five  weeks,  last  year, 
from  the   Park  Opera  Company,  prefering  to  sing  the  praises  of 


AARON    A.    RICHARDSON 
Twig. 


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his  God  in  the  churches  of  the  city.  He  has  recently  located  at 
Enid,  Oklahoma,  owing  to  a  throat  trouble  and  to  be  near  his 
parents  in  their  reclining  years. 

Charles  A.,  was  educated  at  Eureka  college;  is  cashier  of  a 
large  Rice  Mill  Company  at  Jennings,  Louisiana. 

Sanford  R.  Claggett,  blos.som,  or  "S.  R.,"  as  he  is  universally 
called,  is  a  cadet  in  the  State  Military  School  at  Lexington,  Vir- 
ginia. He  is  a  model  young  man.  He  has  the  distinction  of 
being  the  sixth  continuous  generation,  all  members  of  the  Chris- 
tian church,  and  within  a  period  of  about  sev^enty-five  years. 
However,  there  are  others  having  the  same  distinction. 

William  Long— Branch  Three. 

William  Long  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana,  December 
15,  1816.  He  died  January  6,  1847.  He  was  married  to  Nancy 
Tucker,  June  23,  1836.  They  resided  at  Bowling  Green  and 
Mount  Zion,  Illinois,  and  later  removed  to  Missouri,  where  he 
died.  The  family  returned  to  a  farm  near  the  Mount  Zion 
church,  where  the  children  were  reared.  The  mother  died  in 
i88r.  They  were  members  of  the  Christian  church.  They  were 
the  parents  of  four  children,  named  below  as  twigs  : 

Lizzie  M.  h.,  1837 

Wiiitoii  Carlock I    ^^     . 

Carlock,  niinois.  /    ^^  '^sue. 

James  W.,  1840-18t)2,  died 
in  war. 

William  A.,  vv. 

I.iicinda  KHis,  d (   ,.     . 

2nd  w.  Mrs.  Jennie  Car-   (  ^"  issue, 
lock, 
Carlock,  Illinois. 

Hardin  S.,  w.,  184,")-1889       f  Tearl.  h. 
Minnie  M.  Shortridge.  ..  <   Dr.  Jas.  T.  Wyatt, 
Carlock,  Illinois.  (      Kureka,  Illinoi.s. 

Lizzie  M.  Long  was  born  in  Woodford  county,  Illinois,  near 
Eureka,  March  29,  1837.  She  was  educated  at  Eureka  college. 
She  was  a  public  school  teacher  in  her  native  county  for  fourteen 
years,  and  held  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the  very  best  teach- 
ers in  the  county.  She  was  state  organizer  of  the  Christian 
Woman's  Board  of  Missions  for  several  years  in  the  early  days  of 
its  work.  She  has  resided  in  her  native  county  all  her  life.  She 
has  been  an  active  member  of  the  Christian  church  from  early 
life.  She  was  married  to  Winton  Carlock,  an  old  and  respected 
citizen  of  the  village  bearing  his  name,  July  28,  1900. 

Winton  Carlock  was  born  April  28,  18 19,  in  Tennessee,  and 
came  to  Illinois  with  his  parents  in  1827,  settling  in  the  vicinity 


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of  the  present  village  of  Carlock,  which  has  been  his  home  ever 
since.  He  has  ever  been  active  iu  politics,  always  a  democrat. 
He  was  justice  of  the  peace  for  twenty  years,  and  has  also  held 
the  offices  of  commissioner  of  highways,  overseer  of  roads,  and 
supervisor  of  Woodford  county  for  several  terms. 

Throughout  life  he  has  been  a  consistent  and  active  member 
of  the  Christian  church,  and  in  1836,  aided  in  the  organization  of 
the  Carlock  church,  in  company  with  James  Palmer,  William 
Davenport,  and  James  Robeson,  all  pioneer  Christian  preachers. 
For  thirty-five  years  he  has  served  as  elder  of  the  church.  Mr. 
Carlock  was  twice  previously  married,  and  is  the  father  of  a  large 
family,  all  grown  and  away  from  home.  Most  of  them  live  in  the 
vicinity. 

This  couple  entered  the  married  state  late  in  life,  but  they 
seem  to  be  as  happy  a  couple  as  any.  The  author  and  his  family 
recently  spent  a  very  pleasant  Lord's  day  with  them  in  their 
pleasant  home. 

William  Anderson  Long,  twig  above,  has  spent  most  of  his 
life  in  railroad  bridge  building.  Is  now  in  the  lumber  business 
in  Carlock,  where  he  has  built  him  a  fine  home. 

Hardin  S.  Long,  twig  above,  is  the  only  one  of  the  family  to 
have  an  issue,  his  daughter.  Pearl,  being  the  only  child  of  the 
Long  family.  Since  the  death  of  Hardin,  the  widow  has  made 
her  home  with  her  sister-in-law,  Mrs.  Liz/ie  Long-Carlock.  All 
the  Long  family  are  members  of  the  Christian  church. 

Pearl  Long,  bud,  was  born  in  Mount  Ziou,  Illinois,  November 
5,  1874.  She  was  educated  at  Washington,  Illinois,  graduating 
from  the  high  school  in  1893,  and  from  the  business  department 
of  Eureka  college,  in  1894.  She  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Dr.  James  T.  Wyatt,  August  13,  1895. 

The  doctor  was  born  in  Lexington,  Indiana,  August  23,  1868. 
He  graduated  from  the  St.  Louis  Univer.sity,  in  1896.  He  .settled 
at  once  in  Eureka,  Illinois,  and  began  the  practice  of  medicine. 
He  has  been  eminently  successful,  building  up  a  large  practice. 
In  1 901  he  built  the  Eureka  ho.spital,  an  institution  which  is 
proving  not  only  the  wisdom  of  the  doctor,  but  also  a  great  boon 
to  those  who  enter  its  portals.  Such  an  institution  is  needed  in 
every  community,  but  few  cities  the  size  of  Eureka  are  so  blessed. 


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Mary  Jane  IvONG-Bullington— Branch  Four. 


I 


Mary    Jane    Long   was 
born  in  New  Albany,  Indi- 
ana,    September    9.    18 14. 
It  is  said  she  was  the  first 
child   born    in  the    present 
limits  of  New  Albany.    She 
was     married     to      Robert 
Bullington,    November   24, 
1 83 1.      In    1833    they    re- 
moved  to  Illinois,   settling 
at     Walnut     Grove,     now 
Eureka.     With  the  excep- 
tion of  seven  years  spent  in 
Missouri,      she     dwelt      in 
Eureka    until    1868,    when 
she  and  her  family  moved 
to  Shelby  county,  Illinois. 
She  was  a  faithful  and  con- 
sistent     member      of      the 
Christian  church  for  forty 
years.      The   author   spent 
two  years  in  her  home  while 
a  student  at  Eureka  college. 
She  was  a  genuine  mother  to  her  student  boys.     She  was  a  woman 
of  great  executive  ability,  as  is  well  known  by  all  who  knew  her 
in  her  home.     She  died  in  Shelby  county,  August  23,  1SS2,  lack- 
ing but  sixteen  days  of  being  seventy-eight  years  of  age.     I^ight 
children  were  born  to  this  couple,  those  growing  to  maturity  are 
named  below  as  twigs  : 


MARY   J.    I.ONG-BULUNGTON, 


TWIGS.  BUDS. 

Kva  Ma  J',  h. 
Frank  Fugate. 
Gunnison,  Colorado. 
Janie.s  Cooper,   w.,   1837- 

i9(Y.i  Dr.  J.  Kov.  w. 

S.  Elizabeth  Jlender.son.  <{    Katliarine  Fester 

Attica,  Indiana. 


Martha  A.,  h. 

Elijah  Pierce 

F^ureka,  Illinoi.s. 


C.  Burt,  w. 
Emma  E.  Early, 
Attica,  Indiaiia. 

Maggie  J.,  at  home. 


B1,OS80.MS. 


Jame.s  Carrol. 


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MARY  JANE  LONG-BULLINGTON— Continued. 


TWIGS. 


Aaron  C,  w. 

MoUie  Leonard,  d 

Waltnit,  Illinoi.s. 
•Jnd  u.  .\tlanta  Blake. 


Bernice,  h. 

Chas.  Ashinore 

Mansfield,  Illinoi.s. 


BUDS. 

Claude,  w.,  1867 
Eva  Knupp 

Klliott,  Illinoi.s. 

Frank. 

Ethel. 

Edna. 

Robert. 

Harry. 

Elsie,  189.J. 

Edith,  d. 

Ora  E.,  w. 

Lydia  Knupp 


BI^OSSOMS. 

j   Harold. 
(  Catharine. 


FRUIT. 


Robert  Henry,  w. 

Nancy  .Smith 

Tower  Hill,  Illinois. 


Samuel  M.,  w. 
Mollie  Fanber.  . 
Siblev,  Iowa. 


Mollie  S.,  h. 

Harvey  Patten 

A.ssnmption,  Illinois. 


Carrie  .\.,  h. 
.Samuel  K.  .Smith. 
Sterling,  Colorado. 

Julia  F.,  h. 

Ora  Maze 

]       Tower  Hill,  Illinois. 

I 

1^  F:ddie. 

(    Olive  E.,  h. 
A.  M.  Hall. 

Minnie  .\.,  h. 

J.  I,,  .\rgubright. 

Vena. 
Verna. 

Stella. 
[  Oma. 

Eula,  h. 

Frank  M.  Orandy, 
A.ssnmption,  Illinois. 

Elsie. 
Maude  O. 


(  Fern  A. 
-    l,eslie. 
[  FCulalia  R. 


Robert  H. 


James  Cooper  Burlington  was  born  at  Walnut  Grove,  now 
Eureka,  Illinois,  May  25,  1837.  He  was  married  to  Sarah  E. 
Henderson,  at  Litchfield,  Illinois,  July  19,  1863.  He  was  a  con- 
tractor and  builder  for  some  years  at  Eureka,  until  injured  in  the 
hips  so  as  to  prevent  hard  work.  He  then  studied  telegraphy, 
and  was  an  operator  for  some  years.  While  engaged  in  this  work 
he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine.  He  then  took  a  course  in  the 
Cincinnati  Eclectic  college,  and  later  graduated  from  the  Indian- 
apolis Eclectic  college.  He  practiced  two  years  at  Strasburg, 
Illinois,  and  in  1878  he  located  at  Attica,  Indiana,  and  built  up  a 
large  practice.  During  the  last  few  years  he  did  only  ofhce  work, 
while  his  son,  Roy,  did  the  riding.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church  from  early  manhood.     A  local  paper  says  of  him  : 

Dr.  Burlington  wa.s  one  of  the  most  .succes.sful  phy.sicians  in  Attica.  A 
quarter  of  a  century  in  the  practice  of  medicine  had  gained  for  him  more 
than  a  local  reputation,  lii.s  skill  being  known  and  patients  coming  from 
several  surrounding  counties.  In  his  death  there  is  ended  a  well  rounded 
career.  As  a  physician  he  was  an  unqualified  success.  As  a  business  man 
he  was  energetic,  honest  and  honorable,  and  through  good  management  and 


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frugality  he  had  laid  up  a  couifortable  competence.  As  a  friend  he  was  true, 
obliging  and  generous  to  a  fault.  With  a  smile  and  a  happy  "good  morn- 
ing" for  all,  his  cherry    disposition   sjwkc  volumes  of   the  warm  iieart  that 

l)eat  within  his 
breast.  Attica  has 
lost  one  of  the  most 
stalwart  citizens 
and  Dr.  Burling- 
ton's death  removes 
t)ne  of  the  city's 
most  honorable  and 
respected  men. 

Dr.  Burling- 
ton departed  this 
life  at  hi.s  home 
in  Attica,  March 
15,  1903.  His 
wife  and  four 
children  survive 
him.  One  sweet 
child,  Maud, 
passed  on  before 
him.  His  only 
living  daughter, 
Mrs.  Frank  Fu- 
gate,  resides  at 
Gunnison,  Colo- 
rado. Dr.  Roy 
continues  the 
practice  of  his  father,  having  been  a.ssociated  with  him  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  The  remaining  son,  Bert,  removed  into  the  home- 
stead to  care  for  the  mother  while  she  remains  to  bless  and  cheer 
her  children. 

The  author  spent  many  a  social  hour  at  the  home  of  Cousins 
"Jim"  and  "Lib,"  while  a  student  at  Eureka  college. 

Julia  Long-Oatman — Branch  Five. 

Julia  Ann  Long  was  born  in  Indiana  in  1818.  She  died  in 
Missouri,  in  1877.  She  was  married  to  John  Oatman,  junior,  in 
Woodford  county,  Illinois,  about  1840.  Most  of  her  married  life 
was  spent  in  Texas.  She  was  the  mother  of  thirteen  children, 
for  an  account  of  which,  see  branch  nine,  of  limb  six.  She  was 
a  life  long  member  of  the  Christian  church. 


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Martha  Long-Jennings— Branch  Six. 

Martha  May  Long  was  boru  December  21,  182 1,  and  died 
May,  1872.  Martin  Jennings  was  born  February  14,  1S18,  and 
died  February,  1872.  They  were  married  in  1842  ;  lived  all  their 
married  life  in  Woodford  county,  Illinois,  dying  where  they  had 
lived,  but  a  few  months  apart.  They  were  farmers,  members  of 
the  Christian  church,  good  citizens,  and  respected  by  all  who 
knew  them.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  those 
growing  up  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 


William  Or\il.  w..  d. 
Marv  Manor 


Franklin   Boniful.  w..  d. 

Jennie  C.  Burkhalter 

Paer,  Texas. 


Arthusa  Ann.  h. 

John  C.  Allen,  d 

Pleasanton,  Kansa.s. 


2nd  h.  Che.ster  .Smith. 


Armeda  Jane.  h. 
Calvin  E.  Cau.sey,  d. 
Butte.  Montana. 


BUDS. 
Carey  Eugene,  d. 

Effie  Bell,  h. 
Jacob  McClure. . . 


Zella  Grace,  h. 
Hamilton. 

William  Orvil. 

William  L,ee.  w. 
Caroline  Braley. 


Br,OSSOMS. 


Eula  Dean. 
Bernal  l.eioy. 
Cedric  Andrew. 

Cecil  May. 
Arthur  ijeou. 


i-Kirr, 


Luella  Mav.  h. 
Wm.  U.  Burkhalter. 

Maude,  d. 


Frank,  d. 
Edgar  E. 
Cecil  Floyd. 
I^ee  Ora. 

William  L,ee. 
Wennie. 


Forest  Dean,  w. 

Gertrude  Garner J    ^^^^  ^^y 

Myrtle  Belle,  h. 

Byron  .Sander.s f 


I^etitia  Pearle. 

f  Cora  May,  h. 
Elmer  .Smith. 
Pleasanton, 


Julia. 


C  Nina  Lee. 
'   Anna  Mav. 


Kansas.        (.  Robert  Allen. 


John  Martin,  w. 


(   Mary  Arthu.sa. 
)   Jessie  l<ee. 


Minnie  Olive,  d. 
Edgar  Lee  Allen. 
Ravmond  C.  Allen. 
Mary  Frances  Smith. 

John  Franklin,  w. 

May  White  .        . .  .        ....    j   Calvin  F. 

Salt  Lake  City,  I'tah.      i 

Charles  Henry. 

Iva  Florence,  h.  (  Florence. 

Treat  M.  Fleming <   Richard. 

Spokane,  Washington.    (_  Robert. 


Cora  Euphema,  h. 

Chas.  M.  Reynolds 

Spokane,  Washington. 

Angie  May,  d. 
Pearle  Letitia,  d. 
Guy  M. 
Calvin,  d. 


Virginia  C. 
Sewell  L. 
Howard  M. 


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TWIGS. 


MARTHA  I,ONG-JENNINGS— Continued. 

BI^OSSOMS. 


Artela  Elizabeth,  h,,  d. 
Wm.  B.  Oatniaii 


Edgar  Douglas,  d. 

Letitia  Bell.  h. 
Dr.  T.  R.  Butler. 


BUDS. 
f  Carles  G.  S. 
Clarence  Evelyn. 

John  Orv'il,  vv. 

I<aula  Belle,  h, 
George  Owens. . . . 


FRUIT. 


{I: 


Thos.  Rudolph  V..  d. 
Cecil  I.etitia  Bell. 


Beaver  City,  Nebraska    I  Carey  Pharaba  May. 

It  gives  the  author  pleasure  to  present  herewith  a  Hkeness  of 
Cousin    Media  Causey,   twig.     Ties  of    friendship  were    formed 

during  college 
days,  that  cease 
to  break  as 
age  comes  on, 
though  we  have 
met  but  twice 
within  the  last 
thirty-three 
years.  Mr, 
Causey  was  a 
college  chum  of 
the  author,  and 
his  marriage  to 
Cousin  Media 
was  a  very 
happy  one. 
Their  married 
life  was  .serene, 
but  cut  off  too 
soon  by  the  early 
death  of  the  lov- 
ing husband  and 
father  of  her 
children. 

It  was  she 
who  first  urged  the  publication  of  the  Nance  family  tree.  She 
was  also  the  first,  some  years  later,  to  suggest  the  author's  por- 
trait appear  as  a  frontice  piece  ;  and  still  later  she  was  first  to 
suggest  that  others  of  the  family  be  requested  to  send  in  their 
photos  for  the  work. 

Her  sons  are  electricians,  having  charge  of  important  plants 
in  the  Pacific  States. 


MliDI.A.    JENNINGS-CAUSKY 
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Susan  Long-Mitchell — Branch  Seven. 


Susau  Long  was  born  near  New  Albany,  Indiana,  February 
16,  1820.  In  1836  she  came  with  her  family  to  Walnut  Grove, 
now  Eureka,  Illinois.  The  next  year  she  was  united  in  marriage 
with  \Vm.  Mitchell.  She 
continued  to  reside  at 
Eureka,  or  Mount  Zion, 
near  by,  throughout  all  her 
life.  She  early  became  a 
Christian,  uniting  with  the 
Christian  church.  She  was 
peculiarly  a  home  body. 
Very  kind  to  her  aged 
mother  and  to  all  aged  peo- 
ple. She  died  September  30, 
1888,  and  was  laid  to  rest 
beside  her  mother  in  the 
Mount  Zion  cemetery. 

Four  children  came  to 
bless  this  union,  for  an 
account  of  which,  see  twig 
one,  branch  two  of  limb 
one. 

Nancy  Walden-Harper, 
Branch  Eight. 

Nancy  Walden,  the  only 
child     of     Elizabeth      and 

Joseph  Walden,  married  William  Harper.  All  that  the  author 
has  been  able  to  learn  of  the  family,  is  given  below.  The  parents 
seem  to  have  died  early,  and  the  children  to  have  scattered. 


SUSAN    I.ONG-MITCHELI.. 


TWIGS. 

Helen,  h. 
Reuben  Dale. 

Laura,  h. 

Jas.  Hulse. 

2nd  h.  Geo.  Hammers. 

Oscar. 

Louisa,  h. 
Lirley. 

Mary,  h. 
C.  E.  Smith, 
Shelbyville,  Illinois. 

Henrietta, 
Augustus. 


BUDS. 


BLOSSOMS. 


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CHAPTER  XII. 


James  Reed  Nance — Limb  Eleven. 

James  Reed  Nance  was  born  in  Virginia,  January  5,  1795. 
Mary  McNary  was  born  November  18,  1794.  They  were  married 
June  II,  1815.  Three  children  were  born  to  this  union  before 
death  took  the  mother,  after  a  happy  married  life  of  about  six 
years. 

On  June  20,  1824,  he  was  again  united  in  marriage,  this  time 
with  Miss  Nancy  Chamberlain,  "an  interesting  and  aimable  lady, 
the  daughter  of  Pierce  and  Nancy  Chamberlain."  Mi.ss  Cham- 
berlain was  born  October  5,  1802.  Five  children  were  born  to 
this  couple. 

He  was  a  farmer  most  of  his  life,  residing  in  Floyd,  Crawford, 
and  Harrison  counties.  After  his  sons  were  grown,  they  and 
their  father  purchased  a  tannery  at  L,aconia,  Harrison  county, 
which  business  the  father  carried  on  until  the  date  of  his  death. 

In  1843,  the  father,  mother,  and  six  children,  united  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  It  is  said  he  was  virtuous, 
honest,  honorable,  and  religious  in  all  his  walk  and  conversation. 

He  died  suddenly  of  apoplexy,  February  19,  1849,  in  the  full 
prime  of  life.  His  eight  children  are  named  below  as  limbs.  He 
changed  the  spelling  of  his  name  to  Nantz. 

Georia,  Navaston, 

Orville,  Versalia  Inman, 

Alonzo,  Epervia  Shields, 

Veuevia,  William. 

Georia,  branch  one,  was  born  near  Marengo,  Indiana,  March 
27,  1817.  Was  married  to  Mary  Inman,  and  lived  near  Laconia, 
Indiana.  At  the  time  of  the  Morgan  raid,  during  the  war  of  the 
rebellion,  he  was  captain  of  the  Home  Guard,  and  in  attempting 
to  prevent  the  crossing  of  the  Ohio,  into  Indiana,  of  the  raiders, 


The  Nance  Memorial.  227 

at  Morvin  Landing,  he  was  killed  by  a  cannon  ball,  being  the  first 
killed  north  of  the  river  during  that  raid. 

This  couple  had  but  one  child,  Althea,  she  dying  in  infancy. 
The  widow  still  lives  at  West  Point,  Kentucky. 

Navaston,  branch  two,  was  joined  in  marriage  to  Charlotte 
Inman.  They  lived  together  nine  years,  when  he  died,  leaving 
no  issue. 


Twilight  Musings. 


One  by  one  our  friends  are  leaving — 

Leaving  earth,  and  vis  below  ; 
One  by  one  their  cares  and  sorrows 

Vanish  ;  more  they  ne'er  shall  know. 

One  b}-  one  their  barques  are  drifted 

Out  upon  the  silent  tide  ; 
One  by  one  their  souls  to  welcome 

Heaven's  doors  are  opened  wide. 

When  they  pass  beneath  its  portal 

Joy  and  peace  their  portion  sweet; 
Joy  in  kind  imknown  to  mortal, 

God,  and  angels  there  to  greet. 

Loved  ones  who  in  days  gone  by. 

Joined  the  heavenly  ranks  above; 
Loving  watch  and  watching  wait, 

Wait  to  welcome  them  in  love. 

— Joanna  Shields-  Warren. 


Thoughts  in  a  Death  Chamber. 

Why  do  we  wait  to  watch  a  spirit  leave  its  clay 

And  know  by  failing  breath  and  glazing  eye 

The  end  is  drawing  near.     No  more  the  troubled  sigh 

Shall  rend  the  heaving  breast  nor  weak  tears  fall. 

All  this  shall  end  forever,  vanish  all. 

Could  we  but  follow  where  the  spirit  leads 

And  gaze  upon  its  joy,  as  free  from  earthly  needs 

It  glorious  leaps  into  its  heavenly  place 

Transported  there  to  gaze  into  its  Saviour's  face. 

How  quickly  would  we  dry  our  weeping  eyes. 

And  long  to  go  up  to  our  home  above  the  skies. 

-J.  S.  W 


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Orville  R.  Nantz — Branch  Three. 

Orville  R.  Nautz  was  born  January  28,  1820,  in  Crawford 
county,  Indiana.  Sarah  Katharine  Bcswick  was  born  in  Harri- 
son county,  Indiana,  March  24,  1828.  They  were  married  Sep- 
tember 21,  1S43. 

They  removed  to  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  in  an  early  day  and 
continued  to  reside  there  during  his  life.  He  joined  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church  in  Indiana,  in  1843,  and  he  was  ever  after 
faithful  to  his  Master,  and  to  the  church  of  his  choice.  He  was 
fairly  successful  in  financial  matters,  having  an  abundance  for 
himself  and  companion  in  their  reclining  years. 

In  politics  he  was  a  staunch  republican,  though  he  never  took 
an  active  part.  He  was  an  honorable,  upright  man,  one  whom 
everyone  loved.  Ten  children  blessed  this  union,  those  growing 
to  maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs. 

The  father  died  at  home  in  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  January 
14,  1892,  at  the  age  of  seventy-two.  The  mother  resides  in 
Minneapolis,  and  enjoys  good  health  at  the  age  of  seventy-five. 


TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI,OSSOMS.  FRVIT. 

James  I,.,  1849,  w. 

Elizabeth  Simmons....,    |  no  issue. 
Kansas  City,  Missouri.    ( 

Thomas  A.,  w.  f  Frank  A. 

Laura  B.  Pavton 1    C.oldie  M. 

Terre  Haute,  Indiana.     |    Grace  M. 

1^  Katharine  G. 

r   Ora  h. 
Har\'ey  A.,  w.  I    I.sadora. 

Isadora  Martin I    Orville  W. 

Stockwell,  Indiana.         |    William  H. 

t  George  Thomas. 
George  R.,  1858,  w. 

I^aura  Bell.. j    no  i.ssue. 

Terre  Haute,  Indiana.    / 

Orville  A.,  w.  (  Roy  P. 

Mamie  Corbin J  Vergie  I<ee. 

Mason  City,  Iowa,  (  Katharine. 

Frank  P.,  1867,  w. 

Estella  Tabour.     j   preeman  P. 

Minneapolis,  Minn.         ( 

Frank  P.  Nantz,  twig  above,  is  thirty-six  years  of  age,  and 
has  resided  in  Minneapolis  all  his  life.  He  has  been  practicing 
law  for  eleven  years,  and  has  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  He 
has  a  summer  home  on  Lake  Minnetonka,  in  which  they  reside 
during  the  summer  months.  He  is  a  red  hot  republican  and 
takes  an  active  part  in  politics,  doing  considerable  "stumping" 
during  campaigns.  He  is  not  a  church  member  but  attends  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 


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George  R.  Nautz,  twig  above,  is  forty-fiv^e  years  of  age.  He 
was  partially  educated  for  the  practice  of  law,  but  owing  to  ill 
health  he  had  to  give  up  school  and  office  work  for  an  open  air, 
out-door  life.  His  life  has  been  spent  largely  in  travel.  Was 
two  years  in  Florida  and  other  southern  states,  three  years  in 
California  and  Utah,  two  years  in  Minnesota,  but  most  of  his  life 
has  been  spent  in  Indiana.  He  has  recently  removed  to  Cali- 
fornia where  he  expects  to  spend  the  remainder  of  his  days. 

Thomas  A.  Nantz,  twig  above,  is  an  attorney  in  Terre  Haute, 
Indiana,  as  is  also  his  son,  Frank  A.,  bud. 


VERSAI.IA    NANCE-INMAN. 


Versalia  Nance-Inman — Branch   Four, 

Versalia  Nance  was  born  April  7,  1825.  She  was  the  first 
issue  from  the  second  marriage  of  her  father.  She  was  married 
to  Charles  luman,  April  7,  1843,  being  the  eighteenth  return  of 
her  birthday.     Her  life  has  been  spent  in  Harrison  and   Floyd 


The  Nance  Memorial.  231 


counties,  Indiana.  She  has  been  an  earnest  Christian  for  sixty 
years,  joining  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  1843.  I  believe 
all  her  family  are  active  Christian  workers  in  same  church  to  the 
present.  Seven  children  came  to  bless  this  union,  those  gaining 
maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS.  FktlT. 

Frank,  w. 
Ida  Belle  Guthrie, 
New  Albany,  Indiana. 


Venevia,  h. 


Navaston,  \v.  (  Kriiest. 


Clara  Grove.s ■>   Mildred. 

George  Boone j       Laconia,  Indiana.  (  Marcella  Gertrude. 

I.,aconia,  Indiana.  ] 

Gertrude,  h. 
John  McClarren. 

New  Albany.  Indiana. 

Charles. 
I  Claude. 
Navaston,  died  at  19. 

(   Blanche.  187."),  at  home. 
Mary,  h.,  d.  Maurice. 

William  Ridlej' !    Clarence,     cadet     (West 

Attorney  at    Corjdon,    I       Point.) 
Indiana.  |    Helen. 

L  Ralph,  1892. 

Epervia,  h.  (  Mabel. 

J.  H.  L,enimon ^   Versalia  Maud. 

New  Albany,  Indiana.    |_  Nellie. 


Charles  W.,  w. 

Enima  Hildebrand (  Estyl. 

New  Albany,  Indiana.    (   Harry. 

Charles  W.  Inman,  twig  above,  was  born  in  I^aconia,  Harri- 
son county,  Indiana,  October  26,  i860.  He  grew  to  manhood 
there,  learning  blacksmith  ing  and  wagonmaking.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  Took  a  business  course  in  Terre 
Haute.  For  fifteen  years  he  was  traveling  salesman  for  a  whole- 
sale grocery  firm,  beginning  at  a  salary  of  one  dollar  per  day,  and 
closing  at  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  year.  In  1898 
he  began  the  manufacture  of  ice,  and  now  has  a  large  plant  in 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  the  National  Ice  and  Cold  Storage  Com- 
pany, with  a  capital  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  He  was 
married  on  his  birthday,  October  26,  18S7.  They  reside  in  New 
Albany  in  a  fine  residence  of  their  own.  Cousin  Charles  has  been 
a  Christian  from  early  youth,  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church,  having  been  ever  active  in  church,  Sunday  school, 
and  League.  He  has  been  Sunday  school  superintendent  for 
many  years,  until  very  recently.     Now  he  is  League  president. 

Epervia  Nance,  branch  five,  was  born  August  13,  1828.  Was 
united  in  marriage  with  William  T.  Shields.  She  died  at  the 
birth  of  the  first  child,  the  child  also  dying  in  infancy. 

Venevia  Nance,  branch  six,  was  born  April  26,  1830,  and  died 
at  the  age  of  seventeen. 


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CHAPTER  Xlll. 


Giles  Nance — Limb  Twelve. 

Giles  Nance  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1797.  Died  in  Missouri 
in  1854.  Phebe  Sellars  was  born  in  Virginia,  October  28,  1798. 
Died  March  12,  1888.  They  were  married  in  18 12.  Moved  to 
Illinois  in  1835,  and  settled  at  La  Harpe,  which  was  their  home 
thereafter.  Eight  children  were  born  to  this  union,  named  below 
as  branches. 

In  1851,  his  son,  Giles  J.,  moved  to  Texas,  the  father  going 
with  him.  He  bought  land,  and  on  returning  for  his  family,  died 
in  Missouri,  as  stated  above.  The  mother  lived  a  widow  thirty- 
four  years,  dying  near  where  she  had  lived  for  fifty-three  years. 
For  over  half  a  century  she  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  church. 
The  father  was  also  a  member  of  the  same  church. 


Admira  Burton, 
Mary  Ann  Wilkinson, 
Elizabeth  Ebelsizer, 

Phebe  Ann  [  ^"^- 


John  W. , 

James, 

Cooper, 

Absalom. 


Admira  Nance-Burton — Branch  One. 

Admira  Nance  was  born  in  Floyd  county,  Indiana.  May  6, 
1819.  William  Burton  was  born  December  25,  1812.  They  were 
married  at  La  Harpe,  Illinois,  February  20,  1840.  Lived  on  a 
farm  two  and  a  half  miles  north  of  Fort  Madison,  Iowa.  Admira 
died  February  15,  1898.  William  died  December  27,  1899,  on 
same  farm.  Eight  children  blessed  this  union,  nambed  below  as 
twigs  : 


TWIGS. 


James,  w.,  1842 

Sarah  L,aiUher 

Fort  Madison,  Iowa. 


UUDS. 
B'dward. 

I.,ewis,  w. 
Eva  Harris. 

I    Harge,  w. 

1^  (jeorgie  Harris. 


BI^OSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


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233 


ADMIRA  NANCK-BURTON— Continued. 


TWIGS. 

James,  w.,  1842 

.Sarah  l.anlher - 

Kort  Madison,  Iowa. 


Jane,  h.,  1844,  d. 
Samuel  panther. 


Giles,  w.,  184.") 

Sarah  I„o\vhouse j   qj 


Bl'DS. 

Mavme,  h. 
Chas.  Hart. 

Clara,  h. 
I,oney  Brown. 

Cora. 

Myrtle,  h. 
[  John  Jan.se 


BI^OSSOMS. 


FRIIT. 


Henrv. 


Isham,  w.,  1848 
Fannie  Griggs. . 


William,  w. 
Delia  Neal. 

Fred. 


L,ydia,  h. 
L,ester  Arnold. 


Hazel. 


Harry. 


John. 


Anna,  h.,  18.")2 
Henry  l.eight. 
2nd  h.  W,  C.  Andrews. 


[  Fannie. 


William. 
Valley. 


F:ila,  h.,  18.")0,  d. 

Charles  Griggs I    Pearl 

'    Opal 


Charles,  w. 
Flo  Riddle. 


t^  Fannie. 


John  W.  Nance— Branch  Two. 


\ 


John  W.  Nance  was  born  about  182 1.  Married  to  Rosanna 
Reed,  who  died  in  1895.  Moved  to  Texas  in  1S51,  and  died  there 
in  1886.  Eight  children  were  born  to  this  union,  named  below 
as  twigs : 


TWIGS. 


BUDS. 

Ella  J.,  h. 

Jas.  H.  Harris  . . 


Mattie  E.,  h. 
Elbert  F.  Baker 


Georgia  A..  1870,  h. 
Robt.  M.  Baker,... 


Giles  J.,  1844,  w.  , 

Sarah  J.  Davis i    Mary  M.,  18.1,  h. 

-"  Cullen  M.  Douglas. 

Sidney  J.,  1873,  w. 
Mattie  V.  Hogue 


BI^OSSOMS. 
(  Bertha  M. 

Roy.  . 
(^  Minnie. 

r  Erl  F. 
I    Ruth  J. 
j   Eula  L. 
[  Aaron  D. 


F;ffie  J. 

Reese. 

Maud. 

Elva. 

Baby. 


FRUIT. 


Urbie. 


Emma  A.,  187."),  h. 

Malcom  F.  Bell |   Rudolph. 

Walter,  1877. 
Edgar,  1879. 
Wilma  B.,  1881. 
Jes.sie  J.,  188."). 
Robt.  E.  Lee,  1887. 
Allie  D.,  1889. 


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The  Nance  Memorial. 


TWIGS. 
IJarbarann, 
J.  I^ewi.s,  1849. 


Kniina,  h. 
Charles  King. 


JOHN  W.  NANCE— Coiiliiuied. 

BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS. 


John. 

Mand. 

Theodore. 

Clarence. 

Rosie. 


KKLIT, 


Martha,  h. 
Joel  I.awrence. 


Phoebe,  h. 
Alfred  Baily. 


2iid  h.  Jas.  Owens. 

Laura,  d. 

Ella,  h. 

Edward  Fall-s 


Walter,  / 
Walli.s,   j' 
Etta. 
I,  James. 

(  Sarah. 
I    Uiln. 
<    George. 
Maggie. 
[  William. 

f  Noah. 
J   Lee. 
1   Claude. 
I  Elder. 

j    Danville. 
I    Benford. 


j   Lee. 
/   Velma. 


,•  Twins,  d. 


Mary  Nance-Wilkinson — Branch  Three. 

Marj^  Ann  Nance  was  married  to  John  Wilkinson.  Lived 
about  La  Harpe,  Illinois.  Died  early  in  life.  Two  children  were 
born  to  this  union,  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 

rhoebe,  h. 

Jacob  Painter 

2nd  h.  Wni.  Darlington. 


Tacy,  h. 

Elephlet  Hickman. 


BUDS. 


BLOSSOMS. 


C  Lawrence. 
■    Cora  E. 
(   Ida  M. 


Libbie,  h. 
Pat  Hickman 


Rubbie,  h. 
Frank  Kellogg. 

Ella. 


f  Edith. 
!    Hertha. 
I    Ross. 
L  Ogal. 

George. 

Mae. 

Ro.scoe. 


I   Lillie,  h. 

t  F-  Knight j   charle.s. 


FRUIT. 


James  Nance — Branch  Four. 

James  Nance  married  Catharine  Harris.  Five  children  appear 
to  have  been  born  to  this  couple,  named  below  as  twigs.  The 
family  moved  to  Missouri  during  the  civil  war,  and  have  not  been 
heard  from  since. 


TWIGS. 


BUDS. 


BLOSSOMS. 


FRUIT. 


Harriet. 

Myra. 

Henry. 

Reuben. 

Jane. 


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Elizabeth  Nance-Ebilsizer — Branch  Five. 

Elizabeth  Nauce  married  Lewis  Ebilsizer.  I^ived  at  Blandins- 
ville,  Illinois.  One  child  was  born  to  this  couple,  named  below 
as  twig.     Nothing  more  is  known  of  the  famil3\ 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  Br,O.SSOMS.  I'RllT. 

Colinnb\i.s.  w. 
Lizzie  Merstotie. 

Cooper  Nance — Branch  Six. 

Cooper  Nance  married  Emeline  Stone.  Four  children  appear 
to  have  been  born  to  this  union,  named  below.  All  we  have  been 
able  to  learn  is  below.  He  is  said  to  be  living  near  Kansas  City, 
but  we  cannot  locate  him. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS.  I-KIIT. 

Charles,  w. 

^  ,5  children. 

Anna,  h. 

Perkins |  ^  children. 


Tacy. 
Alva. 


Phoebe  Nance-Pierpoint — Branch  Seven. 


Phoebe  Ann  Nance's  first  husband  was  John  Pierpoint,  to 
whom  was  born  one  child.  Her  second  husband  was  Thomas 
Slack,  to  whom  was  born  two  children.  These  three  children  are 
named  below  as  twigs.  Nothing  more  is  known  of  any  of  this 
family. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLCSSOMS.  FKUIT. 

John  Pierpoint,  w. 
Lizzie  Slack. 
Kittie  Slack. 

Absalom  Nance— Branch  Eight. 

Absalom  Nance,  the  last  name  in  Part  I.,  married  Margaret 
Huddleson,  and  they  are  said  to  have  had  two  children,  but  their 
names  have  not  come  to  the  author.  Nothing  more  is  known  of 
this  couple  or  their  descendants. 


23^  The  Nance  Memorial. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 


The  Chamberlain  Family. 

As  this  family  married  so  largely  into  the  Nance  family,  the 
author  has  thought  best  to  give  history  of  the  family,  and  show 
as  well  as  he  knows,  the  family  in  the  following  table. 

Robert  Chamberlain,  whose  wife  was  Margaret  Stene,  with 
his  wife,  were  Quakers,  or  Friends.  They  were  Peunsylvanians, 
living  in  a  large  brick  residence  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution. 
Washington  and  his  army  came  by  one  day  and  told  them  to  flee, 
for  the  British  army  was  coming.  They  speedily  mounted  a  horse, 
and  snatching  only  their  small  valuables,  vacated  the  home,  and 
watched  the  British  burn  it.  They  were  also  eye  witnesses  to  the 
battle  of  Brandywine.  Among  the  valuables  saved  was  a  set  of 
solid  silver  teaspoons,  given  the  bride  on  her  wedding  day,  by  her 
brother,  Robert  Stene.  These  spoons  are  now  distributed  among 
the  daughters  of  Jane  Nance-Snider  (branch  six  of  limb  seven.) 
These  spoons  descended  from  the  original  owner  to  her  daughter, 
Patsey  Chamberlain  Nance,  thence  to  the  said  Jane  Nance-Snider. 
As  heirlooms  they  are  valued  very  highly. 

Said  Robert  and  Margaret  Stene  Chamberlain,  whom  we  will 
designate  as  trunk,  were  the  parents  of  at  least  five  children,  four 
of  whom  are  named  below  as  limbs.  Peggy  Calhoun  Nance, 
branch,  was  a  first  cousin  of  all  the  other  branches  named,  so  her 
mother  must  have  been  a  sister  of  the  limbs. 

LIMBS.  BRANCHES.  TWIGS. 

(  Robert,  1798,  w. 

Ann  Woodruff f    .,,, 

Althea. 

Nancj',  h. 

Jas.    R.   Nance,    see    limb 
eleven. 
Pierce,  177r>,  w. 
Nancy ,1775 -j    Polly  (McNeff) /  Sam'l  McNeff, 

„,.,..,,  (      New  Albany,  Indiana. 

Eliza  (Richardson). 
William  R. 

Minerva  (Smith) J   Spencer  S., 

(       Albion,  Nebraska. 
„  Spear  S. 


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237 


ROBERT  AND  MARGARET  STENE   CHAMBERLAIN— Continued. 

1,IMBS.  BRANCHES.  TWIC.S. 


Pierce,  1775,  w. 
Nancy ,  1775. 


BRANCHES. 
f  Julia  Ann,  h. 
I    David       Nance       (Ijranch 
seven  of  limb  two.) 


Melissa,  1820,  (Wildes) . 
Margaret  (Patsev).  li. 
Clement  Nance,  Jr j    i^i„,b  seven. 


i    Hattie.  li. 
(   J.  D.  Nance. 


Frederick. 


f  John. 

Katharine,  h. 
;    Mosias      Nance,      branch 
three,  limb  two. 

Margaret  (Wolf). 


Calhoun j    Margaret  Calhoun,  h. 

I    Dr.    C.    D.    Nance,   branch 
one,  limb  two. 


Frederick  Nance. 

Nothing  is  known  of  this  Frederick  Nance,  except  that  he  is 
said  to  have  been  the  brother  of  William  How  (  Uncle  Billy  How) 
Nance.  He  had  one  daughter,  Cloa  Nance,  who  lived  in  Pittsyl- 
vania county,  Virginia.  She  was  married  to  William  Mitchell,  in 
said  county,  and  was  the  mother  of  eleven  children,  named  below 
as  limbs.  Said  Cloa  Nance-Mitchell,  trunk,  was  first  cousin  of 
Clement  Nance,  senior,  ancestral  head  of  Part  I.  For  this  reason 
this  table  is  placed  in  said  Part  I. 


L,IMBS. 

branchf:s. 

William. 

Robert,  (see  limb  ten.  Part 

I.) 

Jane. 

Oliva  Mitchell,  h. 

Elizabeth. 

John  Bullington ■ 

James. 

John. 

Martha. 

Josiah. 

Mary. 

.^nn. 

Frederick. 

Harvey. 
Basil. 

Isaac,  w. 

Margaret  McGahan 

William  H. 

James  A. 
.  Mary  B. 

Elizabeth,  h. 

'  Giles  L,ansford. 

I.ansford - 

Jeff  L,ansford. 

2nd  h.  John  Ellis. 

Mary  Ellis. 

'  John  Scott. 

James  M. 

Mary  Ann. 

Samuel  M. 

Giles,  w. 

Nancy  M. 

Marv  Moore 

.Stephen  D. 

2nd  w.  Mary  P.  Tucker. 

Giles  B. 

3rd  w.  Ann  H.  vScott. 

William  A.  S. 

Ellen  A. 

Thomas  B. 

George  H. 

.  Georgie  Ann, 

TWUiS. 


238  The  Nance  Memorial. 


FREDERICK  NANCE— Continued. 

IJMBS.  BRANCHES.  TWIGS. 

AVilliam,  w.  f  Josephus. 

J    Ann. 

1    William. 
L  Kliza. 


Mary  I,ogan. 


Robert,  w. 

Margaret  Adams 

2nd  \v.  Elizabeth  Miller. 


Mary,  h. 
I<evi  Burton 


f  William. 

Ann. 

Virginia. 

Samuel. 

Belvina. 

Robert. 

Abel. 
L  Elizabeth. 

William,  w. 

Admira    Nance,    see    limb 
twelve.  Part  I.) 

Elizabeth,  h. 
^  Andrew  l,inebarger. 


Cloa,  h. 
Jno.    Wesley    Nance,    (see 
limb  nine.  Part  I.) 

James,  w. 

Nancy   Burton,    (see   limb 
one.  Part  I.) 

Ann,  h.  f  Elizabeth. 

Wesley  Sparks J  William. 

]  Thomas. 

[  Addi.son. 

Of  the  family  above,  the  "History  of  the  Mitchell  Family," 
among  many  other  things,  says  : 

Frederick  was  a  planter,  and  resided  near  Nashville,  Tennessee ;  Isaac 
was  a  planter  near  Danville,  Kentucky  ;  Robert,  a  fanner,  lived  and  died  in 
Parke  county,  Indiana,  leaving  a  large  faniil}-  of  children  and  grandchildren  ; 
William,  nick-named  "Buck,"  was  a  farmer  in  Missouri;  Giles,  a  brick 
nia.son ;  James,  a  farmer.  The  parents  resided  a  time  about  New  Bedford, 
Kentucky,  thence  to  Corydon,  Indiana,  thence  to  Parke  countv,  where  the 
father  died  in  1841,  at  the  age  of  ninety-four.  The  mother  died  in  Martins- 
ville, Indiana,  August  20,  1842,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight.  Her  remains 
are  buried  in  the  old  family  burying  ground,  on  the  hill,  one  and  one-half 
miles  south  of  Martinsville. 

I  might  add  that  Ann  Mitchell,  who  married  Wesley  Sparks, 
became  the  mother,  or  grandmother,  of  William  A.  Sparks, 
United  States  Land  Commissioner,  under  President  Cleveland, 
and  who  made  himself  so  obnoxious  to  all  frontiersmen  owing  to 
his  rulings  in  the  department.  He  was  a  member  of  the  United 
States  Congress  before  that. 

The  Russell  Family. 

Charles  Russell  and  family  came  from  North  Carolina,  to 
Floyd  county,  Indiana,  when  the  children  were  small.  They 
have  been  so  closely  allied  to  the  Nance  family  that  it  seemeth 
best  to  give  them  proper  notice.     The  data   at    hand  being   so 


The  Nance  Memorial.  239 

meager  that  only  the  names  may  be  mentioned.  His  eight  chil- 
dren are  named  below  : 

Anthony,  Havvley,  and  Charles,  married  into  limb  two. 

Nancy  married  into  limb  ten, 

William  married  a  Mi.ss  Smith. 

Patsy  married  John  Pierson. 

Betsey  married  William  Welch,  and  all  were  closely  allied  to 
the  Nances  through  life. 

John  is  the  remaining  son,  of  whom  the  author  knows  nothing. 

The  Gunn  Family. 

Clement  Nance  had  one  sister  who  came  to  Indiana  soon  after 
her  brother  and  family.  She  was  the  wife  of  a  Mr.  Gunn,  David 
Gunn,  some  say.  Her  name  is  believed  to  have  been  Elizabeth, 
but  this  is  also  uncertain.  They  seem  to  have  been  the  parents 
of  several  children  as  given  in  the  table  below  as  limbs.  The 
author  received  his  information  from  three  sources  and  they  do 
not  agree.  He  has  combined  the  lists  as  best  he  can,  not  expect- 
ing there  are  no  errors,  but  admitting  he  cannot  at  this  time  dis- 
tinguish truth  from  error.  There  were  quite  a  number  of  minis- 
ters in  the  Gunn  family,  some  in  one  and  some  in  other  churches. 

LIMBS. 


David  C.niiii.  w. 
Elizabeth  Nancu . 


BRANCHES. 

TWIGS. 

Ira  \V 

Mathew. 
Thomas. 

. . ,    (  James  Mack,  w. 

(  Twig  eight,   branch   two, 
limb  two. 

David  Nance,  w. 
l-;ienor  Sparks. 

Eli.sha. 

Martha,  h. 

Watson 

...    (    Permelia,  h, 

(   Branch  two,  limb  five. 

PART  II. 


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CHAPTER  1. 


Zachariah  Nance  I. 

Zachariah  Nance  I.,  and  wife,  Susannah  Duke  Sherman, 
resided  on  a  farm  in  Charles  City  county,  Virginia.  He  was  a 
carpenter  and  wheel-wright  by  trade.  He  died  in  January,  1772, 
leaving  his  wife  and  six  children,  named  below,  and  al.so  named 
in  his  will  (Appendix  Ex.  "H"). 

The  wife  was  very  fleshy,  her  usual  weight  being  over  three 
hundred  pounds.     She  died  sitting  in  her  chair,  in  1780. 

James  Nance  was  married  four  times.  Died  about  the  year  of 
1804,  leaving  his  wife  and  one  son.  His  widow  married  a  Mr. 
Porter,  of  Richmond,  Virginia.  . 

^ohn  Nance  married  a  second  wife.      Died  in  1806.    j 

Elizabeth  Nance  married  John  Hall,  manager  of  Holt's  Forge, 
in  New  Kent  county,  Virginia,  afterwards  moved  below  York- 
town,  in  Warrick  county.  Hall  was  under  Washington  in  the 
defeat  of  Braddock,  in  1755. 

William  Nance  married  Miss  Parrish.  Died  in  1806,  leaving 
his  wife  and  several  children. 

Susannah  Nance  was  born  in  1758.  Married  Stephen  Shell. 
These  were  the  adopted  parents  of  Zachariah  Nance  HI.,  or  Zach- 
ariah Henry  Nance. 

Zachariah  Nance  H. — Trunk. 

Was  -born  in  Charles  City  county,  Virginia,  May  5,  1760. 
Enlisted  in  the  Continental  army  at  Williamsburg,  when  about 
sixteen  years  of  age,  and  served  three  years  as  a  private  in  the 
Virginia  troops.  He  was  a  member  of  that  famous  Virginia  com- 
pany of  young  men  that  displayed  such  remarkable  bravery  on 
the  occasion  of  the  storming  of  Stony  Point,  July  15,  1779.  Zach- 
ariah Nance  served  under  Captain  James  Pendleton  and  Colonel 
Charles  Harrison.  During  the  later  years  of  his  life  he  drew  a 
pension  from  the  government.  He  was  large  in  stature  and 
weighed  two  hundred  and  fifty  pounds.     His  first  wife  was  Jane 


244 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


Wilkins,  whom  he  married 
December  31,  1785,  in  New 
Kent  county,  Virginia. 
This  wife  died  December 
17,  1800.  He  married 
Klizabeth  Bingley  (Morris), 
December  15,  1802,  in 
James  City  county ,  Virginia. 
In  1806  they  emigrated  to 
Green  county,  Kentucky, 
where  they  resided  until 
1832,  when  they  settled  in 
Sangamon,  now  Menard 
county,  Illinois.  Purchased 
the  farm  on  Rock  Creek, 
south  of  Petersburg,  which 
is  now  owned  by  his  grand- 
son, Albert  G.  Nance.  He 
remembered  his  uncle, 
William  Nance,  who  moved  to  Halifax  county  at  an  early  period. 
He  also  remembered  his  uncle's  son,  Thomas,  and  son-in-law. 
Tucker.  They  visited  New  Kent  county  after  the  Revolution, 
for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  their  mother's  dowery  from  the 
Vaughn  estate.  Zachariah  Nance  died  December  22,  1835,  and 
is  buried  at  Farmer's  Point  cemetery.  He  directed  that  the  fol- 
lowing patriotic  lines  be  preserved  in  his  memory  : 


p:lizabeth  bingley  (morris)  nance. 


Storming  of  Stony  Point. 

(July  15.  1779.) 

It  was  in  July,  the  fifteenth  day. 

In  glittering  arms  arra3-ed, 
Bold  General  Wayne  and  his  brave  men, 

The  British  lines  assailed. 

Just  twelve  at  night,  if  I  am  right 


LISL    LWCIVC    itL    lllglJl,     11     I    ill 

And  honestly  informed, 
Hoth  wings  at  once  they  did  advanc 
And  Stony  Point  they  stormed. 

Morass  and  steep  did  clog  our  feet, 
This  boasted  place  surrounded  ; 

Strong  abatis  and  forked  trees 
Were  double  placed  all  round  it. 


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This  great  place  the  Rebel  race 

Never  dared  come  nigh,  Sir  ; 
C.reat  Washington  and  all  his  train, 

Johnson  did  defy,  Sir. 

Flnrj^  brave,  the  flag  did  save  ; 

So  strongly,  too,  defended. 
Mid  his  foes  he  made  off  their  blows. 

And  gallantly  attended. 

Let  Stnart's  name  in  books  of  fame 

Forever  be  recorded. 
Thro'  .showers  of  balls  he  scaled  tht-ir  walls, 

And  dangers  disregarded. 

Gibbins,  too,  a  soldier  true, 

His  duty  well  discharged. 
He  dealt  his  foes  such  deadly  blows. 

It  left  their  walls  unguarded. 

Over  storms  and  rocks  our  hero  Knox, 

To  charge  the  foe  he  pushed. 
And  bravely  fought  like  an  eagle's  flight. 

Over  their  ramparts  rushed. 

May  this  storm  forever  warn 

The  Tyrant  Sons  of  Slavery, 
For  Wayne  could  stand  the  British  band 

With  the  Sons  of  Liberty. 

By  hi.s  first  wife  he  had  eight  children,  and  by  his  second, 
seven,  named  below  as  limbs  : 

Elizabeth,  died  young,  Robert, 

James,  Sally  Hash, 

Eaton,  William, 

George  W.,  Zachariah  H., 

Otway,  died  young,  Otway  Bird, 

Joshua,  Carey, 

Thomas  Jefferson,  Allen  O., 
Parthena  Hill. 

Robert  Nance — Eimb  Two. 

Was  born  in  Virginia,  February  22,  17S8.  He  died  in  Law- 
rence county,  Missouri,  November  14,  1S53.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried, but  the  names  of  his  wives  are  not  known.  He  was  the 
father  of  nine  children,  but  little  is  known  of  them.  Phillip,  the 
eldest,  was  the  first  white  person  to  be  buried  in  Knox  county, 
Illinois.  He  was  buried  in  Henderson  township,  January  9,  1829, 
when  fifteen  years  of  age.     Fifty  years  from  that  date,  January 


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9,  1879,  the  citizens  of  the  township  met  and  raised  money  with 
which  to  erect  a  monument  to  his  memory,  and  build  a  wire  fence 
around  the  grave.     The  children  are  named  below  as  branches  : 
Phillip,  John,  *^  Henry, 

Thomas  H.,^^  Elias,  James,   ^ 

Sarah,  Otway,  Samuel. 

Thomas  H.  Nance — Branch  Four. 

Was  born  in  18 18,  in  Green  county,  Kentucky.  Adaline 
Combs  was  born  in  Sangamon  county,  Illinois,  August  9,  1832. 
They  were  married  November  23,  1851,  in  Arkansas.  They  were 
the  parents  of  eleven  children,  those  growing  to  maturity  are 
named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWICS. 

BUDS. 

BI,OS 

Rebecca  Ann,  h. 

Albert  Cole 

Sentinel,  Uklahoui 

a. 

Albert  S. 
Howard  II. 
Mattie  Pearl. 

Japhat  N.,  w. 

uaknian,  Indian  T 

Barilla  Agnes,  h. 
Wm.  C.  Mvnatt 

erri'y 

Ida  May,  h. 

John  y.  Clark 

Harry  H. 

Caladonia  A.,  h. 
Robert  Bledsoe 

l,uther  A. 

f   Rena  Agnes 

Eugenie. 

(  A  son. 

287      Ciillespie     Avenue, 
Dallas,  Texas. 

1 

(    Inez. 

"1    Arthur. 

Cecilia  K. 

Eugenia. 

Turner  R.,  w. 
Zilvesta  Bovd 

C.irtie  Ann. 
D(jnna  Maj'. 
John  E. 

Hobart,  Oklahoma 

Thomas  Asa. 
Rutha  Jane. 

Fred  Edward,  w. 
Ada  Carter 

J.  ("jihnore. 

Dallas,  Te.vas,  2bS 

llake 

Avenue. 

John  I.,.,  single. 

Elias  Nance — Branch  Five. 

Was  born  about  1820.  His  wife  was  Intz.  Elias  is  dead. 
The  wife  and  children  were  in  Hill  county,  Texas,  at  last 
accounts.  Their  children  as  far  as  known  are  given  below  ^s 
twigs  : 

Otway,  Elijah  J.,  Charles, 

Sarah,  h.  Joseph  Cannon.  Mattie,  h.  Mat.  Walker. 

Otway  Nance — Branch  Eight. 
Had   a  wife  and   two  children,  and  once  lived  at   Garrison, 

V  - 

Missouri.     The  sons  were  named  John  W.  and  James,  f 


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James  Nance — Limb  Three. 

Was  born  in  Charles  City  county,  Virginia,  November  24, 
1789.  He  died  in  Sangamon  county,  Illinois,  September  25,  1.S42. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  His  wife  was  Hepsey 
Money.  They  were  the  parents  of  seven  children,  named  below 
as  branches  : 

Simeon,         "  Cynthia,  James, 

Melville  L.,  Franklin  Carey,  D.Milton, 

Mary  Aim. 

Simeon   Nance— Branch  One. 


Was  married  to  Amanda  Hood.  They  were  the  parents  of 
seven  children,  named  below  as  twigs.  Nothing  more  is  known 
of  these  parents. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS. 

Sarah,  h. 
Mackey  Martin. 

William. 

Bettie,  h. 
Joe  Goodie. 

Mylo. 
Julia. 
Robert. 


Jane,  li. 
George  Berry. 


Allie. 

Samuel. 

Delia. 


I   Jasper 
1^  Theodi 


ore  Ira. 


Cynthia  Nance — Branch  Two. 

Was  born  in  Kentucky.  She  was  married  to  Rlijali  Pierce, 
a  Christian  minister,  near  Havana,  Illinois.  They  resided  at 
Boone,  Iowa.  She  died  there.  She  was  the  mother  of  ten  chil- 
dren, named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 


John,  w. 

Margaret .  . . . 

it  Woodward,  Iowa. 


Newton,  w. 
Eliza 


Perry,  Iowa. 


BUDS. 

Kveline,  h. 
David  Mcl^ean. 

Charles. 
Carrel. 

I.aura.  h. 
Thos.  Gordon. 

Snyder. 

Frank,  w. 
Ella  Burre!. 

f  Ida,  h. 
Warren  Boswell. 

Nettie,  h. 
Jo.s.  Courtney. 

Maud.V^ 
Bertha. 


BLOSSOMS. 


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TWIGS. 


Jane,  h. 

John  IJarrel .  . . . 
Madrid,  Iowa, 


CYNTHIA  NANCE— Cuiilinued. 


lUDS. 
Christoplier. 

l,oiii,sa,  li. 
Arlliiir  Seitz, 

Haywortli,  Illinnis. 

Edward,  w. 

I<ida,  h, 

Edw.  Kanisey f 


BI^OSSOMS. 


John. 


Alice,  h. 

Silas  Kigg.s 

Boone,  Iowa. 


Cynthia,  h. 
Eno.s  Pre.ston. 

r  Frank. 
]    Nora. 
■]    Carrie. 
[  Harry. 

May. 


"V,'h..d. 

Andrew  I„iken.s J  John. 

f   Sylvia. 


(   Fred. 
-]   Frank. 
(  Nina. 


Ja.sper,  w. 

Sarah  ,Sch river 

Woodward,  Iowa. 

Hep.sey  Ann,  h. 
Geo.  W,  Nelson. 
2nd  h,  Zechnian. 

James  Pierce,  single. 
Halsey  Pierce,  .single. 

Melvin,  w. 
Flora  Winslow, 
Woodward,  Iowa. 

James  Nance— Branch  Three. 

Was  married  to  Mary  Winslow.  They  were  the  parents  of 
two  children,  twigs.  Anna,  who  married  Charles  Russell,  and 
James  F. ,  who  married  Flora  Godin.  i 

Meevilee  L,.  Nance — Branch  Four. 

Married  Harriet  Hornbuckle.  Four  children  were  born  to 
them,  named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 
Minerva,  h. 
Nelson  Herdnian  .  . 
2nd  h.  Will  Storms. 

Tom  p..  w. 
Elsie  Hopkins, 
Madrid,  Iowa. 

Dora,  h. 

George  Thomas.  . . . 


BUDS. 


BI^OSSOMS. 


(  Abbie. 
■  Woyd. 
(   Esther. 


Wayne. 


L,aura,  h. 
l,ewis  Clark, 
Madrid,  Iowa. 


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Franklin  Carey  Nance — Branch  Five. 

Was  born  in  Kentucky  in  1828.  He  died  in  Nebraska,  May 
1898.  He  was  first  married  to  Eliza  Houghten,  March  18,  1858. 
They  were  parents  of  four  children.  The  wife  died  in  April,  1868. 
He  was  united  in  marriage  to  Jane  Stith,  late  in  the  same  year. 
Eleven  children  were  born  to  them.  The.se  fifteen  children  are 
named  below  as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 

Sevignia  E.,  vv.,  1860 

Eva  Dowe 

Petersburg,  Illinois. 


Hardin  W.,  w.,  ISfJl 

Mary  Bergen 

Petersl)\irg,  Illinois. 

Laura,  h.,  1863 

Wm.  Hall 

Woodward,  Iowa. 


Evelyn,  h. 

Clem.  W.  Shipley 

Petersburg,  Illinois. 


Caroline,  h.,  1869 
Chas.  N.  Vanhorn.  . . . 

J.  Frank,  w. 

Rachel  Hanks 

Stratton,  Nebraska. 


Fannie  K..  h. 
Chas.  N.  Vanhorn  .  . 

Edna  Jane,  h. 

W.  W.  Steven.son . . . 

Mary,  single. 

Effie  L,  h. 

H.  B.  Tliomas 

Woodward,  Iowa. 

Harry  W.,  single. 
F'lorence  S.,  single. 
Glen  C,  .single. 
Geneva,  .single. 
Louise  J.,  .single. 


BUDS. 

Roy  C,  1880. 
Ross  A. 
Bessie  I^. 
Norma. 
t  Fern  H. 

Harry  H.,  1888. 
Arthur  B. 
Blanche. 
t  Hazel 

i   Viva. 
(    F;tta. 

f  Alta  Irene,  188C) 
Henry  F;llis. 

I    Pearl. 

■!    Earnest. 
Glenn. 
Donald  Paul. 

L  Wayne. 

K;ivin, 

Vernice. 

Zelma. 

Vonton. 


Kenneth. 


Zada. 


Orvis. 


MR.    AND   MRS.    F.   C.    NANCE. 


Sevignia  E.  Nance,  twig  above,  was  born  near  Peter.sburg, 
Illinois,  where  he  grew  to  be  a  lad  of  fifteen,  when  he  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Iowa,  settling  in  Boone  county.  Here  he 
married  Miss  Eva  Dowe,  September  i6,  1879,  and  settled  on  a 
farm  three  miles  north  of  Woodward,  Iowa,  where  he  remained 
until  1886,  when  he  sold  out  and  went  to  Nebraska,  where  he  ran 
a  large  cattle  ranch  three  years,  when  he  returned  to  Petersburg, 
Illinois.  Here  he  is  the  proprietor  of  the  Woodlawn  dairy,  and 
has  the  name  of  making  more  people  "take  water"  than  any  other 
man  in  town.  His  jolly,  good  nature  makes  him  friends  wher- 
ever he  goes.     He  is  famiharly  known  as  "Vig,"  and  as  "Vig" 


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he  is  honored  and  respected  by  all.  It  is  said  he  never  brings 
any  niilk  home  from  his  route,  but  distributes  all  his  surplus 
among  the  poor  of  the  city,  thus  gladdening  many  a  child  by  an 

extra  "pint."  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Odd  Fellows, 
Rebeccas,  Mutual  Protec- 
tive lycague,  and  Court  of 
Honor,  and  is  the  life  of  the 
social  gatherings  he  attends. 
His  very  interesting  famil}^ 
of  wife,  two  grown  sons  and 
three  grown  daughters,  are 
known  for  their  "open 
house"  hospitality.  The 
author  spent  several  very 
happy  days  in  the  home  of 
this  pleasant  family,  last 
August.  In  politics  they 
are  republicans  ;  in  religion, 
are  members  of  the  Chris- 
tian church. 

The  sons  are  model 
young  men.  Roy  C,  is  the 
rural  free  delivery  driver 
for  the  "Sandridge"  route. 
It  is  said  he  has  the  second 
longest  route,  and  one  of  the  heaviest  deliveries  in  the  state. 

Ross  A.  is  a  school  teacher.  After  finishing  in  the  home 
schools,  he  attended  the  State  Normal  University,  at  Normal, 
several  years.  He  is  preparing  himself  for  civil  engineering.  The 
author  predicts  a  successful  career  for  Ross.  He  is  worthy  and 
persistent.     He  expects  to  cast  his  "first  vote"  for  Teddy. 


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253 


D,  Milton  Nance — Branch  Six. 

Was  born  in  Sangamon  county,  Illinois,  June,  1840.  He  came 
to  Menard  county,  at  the  age  of  eight,  and  has  resided  there  ever 
since.  He  was  married  to  Ann  Brahm,  in  i860.  They  were  the 
parents  of  seven  children,  those  living  are  named  below  as  twigs. 
On  January  8,  1888,  he  was  married  to  Mrs.  Harriet  Nance, 
widow  of  Joshua  Nance,  branch  six  of  limb  seven.  Mr.  Nance 
is  still  living  at  Oakford,  Menard  county,  Illinois. 


TWIGS. 

Milton  D.,  w.,  1860 

Emma  Smith 

Peterslnirg,  Illinois. 


186J 


Charles  I,.,  vv. 

Etta  Senter 

Petersburg,  Illinois. 

Mary,  h. 

Edward  Marcy 

Chandlerville,  Illinois. 


BUDS. 
Annettie,  h.,  1882 


BI,O.SSOMS. 


r  Pri.scilla  A 

J    King  Tuttle 

[  Rebecca  lona,  1885 


t    -. 


Zola  I.eona. 


Neva,  1894. 


(  Eunice. 
■     Harry. 
(  Hurland. 


MII.TON    I).    N.\N'CE 
Twig. 


Milton 
D.    Nance, 

twig  above, 
\\  as  born 
in  Menard 
county, 
Illinois, 
in  which 
county  he 
has  resid- 
ed all  his 
life.  H  i  s 
calling  is 

that  of  farming.  This  family  are 
Baptists.  The  daughters  are  grad- 
uates of  the  Petersburg  schools. 

Charles  L.  Nance,  twig  above, 
was  born  in  Menard  county,  Illinois, 
near  Petersburg,  where  he  now 
resides  on  a  farm.  This  county 
has  been  his  home  nearly  all  his 
life.  He  was  married  in  1891,  and 
has  one  child,  Neva,  who  is  .said  to  have  a  natural  talent  for 
music,  being  able  to  carry  a  tune  at  the  age  of  fifteen  months. 


CHAS.    1^.    NANCE 
Twig. 


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NEVA    NANCE 
Bud. 


Mary  Ann  Nance — Branch  Seven. 

Was  born  about  1S42,  in  Sangamon  county,  Illinois.  She 
married  Pleasant  Armstrong.  They  are  the  parents  of  nine  chil- 
dren, named  as  twigs  : 

Laura  Belle,  John  Critendon, 

Emma  Medora,  Martha, 

Cynthia  Dena,  Pleasant  Carwin, 

Nora,  George, 
Ora. 

George  Washington  Nance,  limb  seven,  was  born  in  Virginia, 
March  29,  1798.  He  died  in  Petersburg,  Illinois,  March  20, 
1889,  lacking  but  nine  days  of  being  ninety-one  years  of  age.  A 
two  thousand  four  hundred  dollar  granite  shaft  towers  above  his 
resting  place  in  the  cemetery  at  Petersburg.  His  wife's  name  was 
Elizabeth  Martin.     He  was  father  of  fourteen  children,  the  first 


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nine  were  born  in  Green  county,  Kentucky,  and  the  last  five,  in 
Menard  county,  Illinois.     They  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 


Nancy, 

William, 

Otway, 

Lewis, 

Jane, 


Henry, 
George  W. , 
Sallie, 
James, 
Abraham  L., 


Willis, 

Joshua, 

Ann  Adams, 

John, 

Thos.  L.  Harris. 


Little  is  known  of  this  family.  William  is  said  to  live  at 
Jeffersonville,  Indiana.  George  W.,  lives  at  Talula,  Illinois.  He 
has  one  daughter  in  Texas,  Mrs.  KUa  Atchly.  Her  husband  is  a 
Methodist  minister.  She  has  several  children,  I  am  told.  Mrs. 
Ann  Adams  resides  at  Petersburg,  Illinois. 


THE   OLD   HOME   OF   JOSHUA   NANCE 

Branch  six  of  limb  seven.     Near  Oakford,  Illinois. 

Numbering  from  the  left  • 

1.— Harriet  Jones  Nance.  3.— Matilda  Nance  Gum.        5.— I.oern  V.  0\im. 

2.— Elizabeth  Nance  Short.       4.— Evert  H.  Gum.  6.— D.  M.  Nance. 

Joshua  Nance— Branch  Six. 

Was  born  in  Green  county,  Kentucky,  August  31,  1826.     He 
came  with  his  parents  to  Menird  county,  when  a  child,  and  lived 


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in  the  county  all  his  life.  He  was  married  to  Harriet  Jones,  in 
1853.  They  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  two  dying  in 
infancy,  the  others  are  named  below  as  twigs.  The  father 
appears  to  have  died  before  1888,  for  on  January  6,  that  year,  the 
widow  married  D.  M.  Nance. 


HENRY   W.    NANCE 
Twig. 


TWICS. 


Mary  Jane,  h. 
M.  I<.  Pyle.  ... 


2nd  h.  Marion  E.  Aten  . 
lyOngview,  Te.xa,s. 

Martha  M.,  h. 

Handles. 

2nd  h.  Henry  Smith,  Ea.ston,  Ulinois. 

Henry  Wm.,  w.,  Oakford,  Illinoi.s. 

Matilda,  h.  f  Chester  Earl. 

J.  15.  Cmn,  d )    I<oern  Victor. 

Oakford,  Illinois.  ']    Veria  Jemima. 

I   Invert  H. 
Elizabeth,  h. 
Short,  Tetensburg,  Hliiiois 


BUDS. 

f  Iva  Maj',  h. 

I    Fred  C.  Inglehart,  San  Antonio,  Texas. 

Nellie  Evelyn,  h. 

Norman  I.,.  Devine,  Tyler,  Te.xas. 

f  Allie  Myrtle. 
i    I'Movd  Eugene. 
■    Mary  Clydie. 

Eanra  I^anre. 

Freddie  Ray. 


Charles,  w.,  Peterslmrg,  Illinois. 


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MRS.    MATILDA   NANCE-GUM. 
EVERT   H.    GUM.  VERIA  JEMIMA   GUM. 

CHESTER    EARL   GUM.  LOERN    VICTOR   GUM. 


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Zachariah  Henry  Nance — Ijmb  Eight. 

Was  born  December  17,  1800,  in  Charles  City  county,  Vir- 
ginia. His  mother  died  on  the'day  of  his  birth.  He  was  adopted 
by  Stephen  and  Susannah  Nance  Shell,  Susannah  being  his 
father's  sister.  He  was  entirely  lost  to  the  members  of  his 
father's  family  from  his  adoption  by  his  aunt  until  Sunday,  Jan- 
uary 17,  1904,  when  the  author  received  a  letter  from  J.  H. 
Nantz,  Thomasville,  Georgia,  enclosing  a  letter  from  Mrs.  Mary 
A.  Nance,  widow  of  Washington  Jackson  Nance,  .son  of  Zach- 
ariah Henry,  giving  his  family  record.  The  author  was  over- 
joyed at  the  finding  of  this  long 
lost  son,  or  limb  of  the  family  of 
Zachariah  II.  For  years  he  had 
been  receiving  inquiries  concern- 
ing his  whereabouts.  The  find- 
ing is  the  result  of  a  letter 
written  by  H.  A.  Barrows, 
Monticello,  Florida,  bud  from 
branch  six,  limb  six.  Part  I.,  to 
J.  H.  Nantz,  Thoma.sville, 
Georgia,  calling  his  attention  to 
the  forth-coming  Nance  Memor- 
ial. The  following  items  con- 
cerning his  life  are  obtained  from 
his  living  descendants,  and  from 
the  records  in  his  family  Bible  : 


ZACHARIAH    HENRY    NANCK 
L,iiiib. 


He  never  talked  of  his  yovithfiil 
days,  so  that  is  an  entire  Vjlank  to  his 
family  and  the  world. 

No  one  renienihers  that  he  ever  mentioned  his  brothers  and  si.sters,  so 
they  do  not  think  he  had  any  knowledge  that  he  ever  had  any. 

He  had  the  habits  and  manners  of  one  having  been  reared  in  luxury  and 
refinement,  and  his  children  are  not  "over  connuon"  yet. 

He  was  very  industrious,  well  educated  for  one  of  his  day,  a  fine  talker, 
a  brilliant  man  in  a  quiet  way. 

He  was  a  hatter  by  trade  and  followed  the  same  until  too  old  for  work, 
when  his  son,  Washington  Jackson,  took  him  to  his  home  and  cared  for  him 
to  the  close  of  his  life. 

He  was  a  Missionary  Baptist  all  his  life,  as  were  all  his  family  but  one 
son,  James  H.,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  church. 

Emeline  Latham  was  born  September  10,  1810,  in  Pitt  county, 
North  Carolina.  They  were  married  September  15,  1826,  in 
HaHfax  county.  North  Carolina.     Their  first  child  was  born  in 


26o 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


Pitt  county,  North  Carolina,  the  second  in  Cheraw,  South  Caro- 
lina, the  next  two  in  Pitt  county,  the  next  two  in  Cumberland 
county,  and  the  last  four  in  Wayne  county,  all  of  North  Carolina. 
In  1847  they  removed  to  Fayetteville,  Cumberland  county,  North 
Carolina,  and  remained  there  during  life.  They  are  buried  there. 
The  father  died  April  4,  1885.  The  mother  passed  away  January 
24,  1892.  They  were  the  parents  of  ten  children,  those  growing 
to  maturity  are  named  below  as  branches.  Two  are  living,  Mrs. 
Virginia  G.  Craig  and  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Moore.     They  are  widows. 


BRANCHES. 

John  Win.,  1827-1903,  w. 
Martha  Cooper. 

Wa.shin.nton  JncLxui.  ]8:;0- 

r.i.d,  \v. 

.Shtflia  l'"ord j 


TWIGS. 


'1  children,  d. 


BUDS. 


2ndxv.  MarvA.McInto.sh.    1    4  ,,,,i„lren. 
Fayelteville,  N.  L.  / 

Joe  Jt>liii,  1w;B,  d. 


Virginia  G..  1837,  h. 

John  1!.  Craig,  d 

3)8  NorLli  'Jth  Street, 
WihninKton,  N.  C. 


James  H.,  IS3'.)-],s;il,  w. 
Martha   INloblev 


Mary  Jane,  1811,  h. 
Moore 


John  II.,  18.")."),  w 

Wilniinglon,  N.  C. 

Joseph  I'".,  1,S.")8,  w.  ..  , 
[       Wilmington,  N.  C. 

f  John  H.,  mm.  w. 

Sallie 


No  i.s.sue. 


( 


I  children. 


j    l.illie  I.ee.  IS'J  ). 


Thomasville,  C.eorgia.       (    Maggie,  189J. 


Ceo.  W.,  1868-189."),  w 
l.ulu 


()()8  Mumford  Street,  Fay- 
etteville, North  Carolina 


Savannah,  Georgia.  | 

Mamie,  1871,  h. 

I<eonidas  H.,  1873,  Sargent 

t'nited      States      Army, 

Philippines. 

[  Martha  l<;thel,  188."). 

John  T.,  w. 

Fayetteville,  N.  C. 
Charles  I^..  w. 

Fayetteville,  N.  C. 
1  danghter. 


Birdie. 


Washington  Jackson  Nance,  branch,  was  first  married  to  Miss 
Sheba  Ford,  in  1853.  She  bore  him  two  children  who  died  young. 
The  wife  died  in  i860,  leaving  her  father,  mother,  and  two  broth- 
ers, with  tlie  consumption,  all  of  whom  the  husband  nursed 
and  cared  for  while  they  lived.  Then  as  his  own  parents  grew 
old,  he  cared  for  them  in  his  own  home  until  death.  After 
remaining  a  widower  for  twenty-six  years,  he,  in  1886,  married 
Miss  Mary  A.  Mcintosh,  who,  with  four  small  children,  mourn 
his  loss.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Missionary  Baptist  church 
from  early  boyhood  days.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 


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Beiug  a  carpenter,  he  served  the  Confederacy  iu  an  arsenal 
near  home  throughout  the  war.  As  the  war  passed  away,  no  one 
had  anything  left  but  waste  and  desolation,  everything  being  gone 
but  firmness  and  fortitude.  In  time  he  had  built  another  good 
home,  where  his  parents  spent  their  last  days  in  comfort,  and 
where  he  also  lived  a  quiet,  retired  life  during  his  last  years, 
dying  in  the  spring  of  1902. 


WASHINGTON   JACKSON    NANCK 
Branch. 


Otway  Bird  Nance — Limb  Ten. 

Was  born  in  James  City  county,  Virginia,  July  21,  1805. 
When  one  year  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  Green  county,  Ken- 
tucky, where  he  continued  to  reside  until  1839,  when  he  moved 
to  that  part  of  Sangamon  county  that  afterward  became  Cass 
county,  and  settled  on  the  site  that  afterwards  became  a  part  of 
the  town  of  Numansville. 

He  married  Sarah  B.  Dearan,  in  Kentucky,  February  16,  1S29. 
They  removed  to  Texas  in   1851,  and  settled  on  a  fine  farm  two 


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263 


miles  north  of  DeSota,  in 
Dallas  county,  and  was  a 
pioneer  in  that  part  of  Texas. 
He  accumulated  a  large 
amount  of  property* ,  and  after 
giving  to  each  of  his  ten  chil- 
dren a  hundred  and  sixty 
acre  farm,  or  its  equivolent 
in  other  property,  he  still 
had  at  his  death  a  forty 
thousand  dollar  farm.  He 
was  a  very  .sociable  gentle- 
man. His  son,  Samuel  H., 
now  owns  five  hundred  acres 
of  the  old  home.  The  father 
died  December  11,  1874,  and 
he  is  laid  away  beside  his 
wife  in  the  Wheatland  ceme- 
tery near  by.  On  the  night 
of  his  death,  a  pear  tree  in  his  yard  bloomed,  and  the  frozen 
flowers  went  with  him  to  the  tomb.  His  children  are  named 
below  as  branches  : 


OTWAV    BIRD    NANCE. 


William  T.,  1830, 
Elizabeth  F., 
Mary  W.,  1836, 
Nancy  J., 
Richard  A.,  1838, 


Zachariah, 
Parthena, 
Harriett, 
Sarah  J., 
Samuel  H. 


Elizabeth  Frances  Nance 
Branch  Two. 

Was  born  at  Greenburg, 
Kentucky,  November  28, 
1 83 1.  Dr.  Gustavus  Adol- 
phus  Kilbourn  was  born  near 
Chillicothe,  Ohio,  March  10, 
181 2.  They  were  married 
near  Springfield,  Illinois, 
January  11,  1850. 

The  mother  passed  away 
October  26,  1899,  the  doctor  ^^jj,^^^^^^^  ^^^  ^c^c-^t.) 
following  her  the  following  ^rs.  otwav  bird  nanck. 

April,    19.     They  were  the 
parents  of  eleven  children,  those  growing  up  are  named  below 


264 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


as  twigs.     The  following  tribute  is  by  the  sou,  Chalmers  : 

Father  stu.lied  medicine,  and  al)oul  1835,  began  to  practice  at  Old 
Salem,  then  the  home  of  Abraham  Lincohi,  who  studied  law  at  nij<ht  by  the 
light  of  pine  torches.  Father  was  intimate  with  Mr.  Lincoln  in  those  days. 
Father  acquired  considerable  local  reputation  1)y  his  treatment  of  two 
diseases  that  then  raged  during  the  cold  Illinois  winters.  They  were  pneu- 
monia and  meningitis,  the  latter  having  been  regarded  so  certainly  fatal  that 
it  had  been  nick-named  "come-and-get-us."  Finding  that  his  winter  prac- 
tice was  killing  him,  he  decided  to  go  south  to  get  out  of  the  practice  of 


.^ 


OS 


ELIZABETH   NANCE-KII.BOURN. 


medicine.         *        *        *  He  moved  to   Dallas  county,  Texas,  in    1853, 

settled  twenty  miles  south  of  Dallas,  and  lived  there  till  his  death.  He  was 
never  able  to  entirely  quit  practicing  medicine.  As  long  as  he  was  able  to 
ride,  his  services  were  in  demand,  especially  in  difficult  cases. 

He  became  a  Christian  after  he  was  fifty  years  of  age,  and  a  member  of 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church,  in  which  he  lived  till  his  death. 
Asked  about  his  heavenly  prospects,  father  replied  that  the  old  hymn  fitly 
expressed  his  present  condition  : 

"On  Jordon's  stormy  bank  I  stand, 
And  cast  a  wishful  eye." 


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The  Nance  Memorial. 


265 


Mother  bravely  and  nobly  bore  lier  part  as  a  faithful  wife  and  good 
mother  of  the  toils  and  hardships  of  a  new  countr}'.  She  was  naturally  of  a 
cheerful  disposition  till  broken  health  made  the  last  fifteen  years  of  her  life 
at  times  gloomy  and  despondent.     In  February,  1899,  she  fell  and  fractured 


DR.    G.    A.    KltBOURN    .\ND   CHII^DREN. 


a  thigh.     She  was  never  able  to  walk  again.         *         *         *         Mother  had 

been  a  Christian  since  childhood,  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church  till 

about  1865,  when  she  and  father  1)Oth  joined  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 

church. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS. 

I    Fannie  R.,  1873-18811. 


Marie  Annie,  h,,  1852 

Clias.  A.  Kelley J    Jolui  H.,  w. 

Colorado  Springs.  Colo.     |    Evelyn  Bea\  er.s. 

t  Chas.  P.,  188;:". 


UlovJ  F. 


f  Ella  Mae,  h.. 
Arthur  C.  .Sides 
Ferris,  Texas. 


ju"i  ^K  C'^  ^ 


1856 


Amelia  Jane,  li., 

Jacob  .S.  Case. . . 

Ferris,  Texas. 


Ellie,  single,  ISGO, 
Mexia,  Te.xas.       '*~^ 

Lucy,  h.,  1862     ' 

Charles  Birk 

Iowa  Park,  Texf.s. 


,     -^  \  ,  (  ')  b  C 
Hattie  Fraiicts,  h.       (Lu^  W'^'^-^  '^'^ 

D.  A.  Whitliiigton f   Gladys.  , 

„  Arjinglon,  '1  e.xas.     <  . .  .     (_  Duvvard.    n 


rt-JU 


Marcus  F^niniett.   ^ 
L  James  Henry.     ^  . 


Anne,  h.,  1864 

C.  W.  McF;iheny 

Ferris,  Te.Kas. 

Chalmers,  vv.,  1806 
Mary  Groves 

Gustavus  Carey,  w. 
Barbara  Bowers. 


f   Ralph  A. 
Famice  V. 
Charles  F^. 
Frances  J. 


C  Oscar  K. 
-\    Lnla  Bird. 


(^  Faiin 


ie  I,ois. 


J    Groves  Meyer. 

I    Martha  F:iiz£.beth. 


266  The  Nance  Memoriai,. 


Nancy  J.  Nance — Branch  Three. 

Was  born  in  1834.  She  was  married  to  William  M.  Wyatt, 
April  27,  1 85 1,  in  Cass  county,  Illinois.  They  resided  on  a  farm 
near  Newmansville,  until  1883,  when  they  removed  to  Ashland, 
Illinois,  where  they  have  resided  ever  since.  This  family  are 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  The  author  had  a 
pleasant  call  at  their  neat  cottage  on  the  Old  Salem  Chautauqua 
grounds,  in  company  with  Cousin  Allen  G.  Nance.  They  are  the 
parents  of  three  children,  named  below  as  twigs  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS. 

P'aiinie,  li. 
Wnlter  M.  Thompson f  j^q^^,,  jj 

(    Gertrude,  h. 

Alice  M.,  18.-i9,  h.  |    „       . 

Jame-s  Struble -|    p,  "     " 

Harry. 
1^  Martin. 

James  Judy,  1862,  w (   Stuart. 

i    I^ois. 

Zachariah  Nance — Branch  Six. 

Was  born  in  Illinois  about  1840.  He  was  married  to  Fannie 
Martin  Hoagland,  in  Petersburg,  Illinois,  September  6,  1866. 
They  are  the  parents  of  two  sons,  named  below  as  twigs.  John 
M.  is  a  newspaper  man  and  mine  promoter,  at  Gunnison,  Colo- 
rado. Tilton  William  is  a  traveling  salesman.  His  second  wife 
was  Carrie  Goldsby,  by  whom  he  had  three  sons,  named  below, 
all  residing  in  Peoria,  on  Reed  avenue  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS. 

Joliu  M.,  w.,  1867  (  Francis  A. 

Mi.ss  W.  B.  Arheart -    John  A. 

(  Dorothy  E). 
Tilton  William,  186it. 

Frederick. 

James. 

Hardin. 

Parthena  Hili.  Nance — Branch  Seven. 

Was  born  in  1842  ;  married  Thomas  J.  Williams,  July  17, 
1867,  in  Dallas  county,  Texas.  They  are  the  parents  of  two 
children,  named  below  as  twigs.  The  husband  died  September  7, 
1897.  This  family  are  Methodists.  Her  address  is  Cedar  Hill, 
Texas,  Rural  Free  Delivery  No.  2. 


Fannie  B.,  h. 
Kdmon  Sprowls. 


TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS. 

Myrtle. 
Roxie  R. 
Jo.seph. 
I    Blanche. 
I    Mabel. 
Alice,  h.  t  Jewel  L,ucile. 

John  H.  Veucill. 


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Harriett  Nance— Branch  Eight. 

Was  born  in  Illinois,  August  7,  1844.  William  D.  Snead  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania,  September  9,  1839.  They  were  married  in 
Dallas  county,  Texas,  July  11,  1865.  They  are  the  parents  of 
eight  children,  named  below  as  twigs.  They  reside  at  Oak  Cliff, 
Texas. 

TWIGS.  RUDS.  BLOSSOMS. 

Kittie,  h.,  IStjt) 

X,.  S.  Brothertoii .  .tC'. (  Will  H. 

\   Blanche. 
Johnie  B.,  died  at  S. 

Bettie  J.,  h..  1872  (  C.  Ros.s. 

J.  D.  Mauk -•    Daniel  Francis. 

(  Raymond  S. 
I,ena  Hill,  li.,  1.S71 
Dr.  E.  B.  Strothtr.  ^^ 

Sallie  B.,  1877. 
Charles  H.,  187<). 
Hattie,  1881. 
Benjamin  F.,  1883. 

Sarah   Jaoues    Nance— Branch  Nine. 

Was  born  September  i,  1846,  in  Cass  county,  Illinois.  Moved 
with  her  parents  to  Texas,  in  1851.  She  was  married  to  James 
R.  Smith,  March  1864,  settled  on  a  grain  and  stock  farm  in  Dallas 
county.  In  1890  they  removed  to  Oak  Cliff,  same  county,  where 
they  still  reside.  Seven  children  have  blessed  this  home,  those 
growing  to  maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 

.  TWICS.  BUDS.  BI.OSSOMS. 

\  Jennie  Q.,  h. 

Robert  I.   Moss j    p-^vvard  Ravmon.l. 

Clarendon,  lexas.  ( 

J.  Frank,  w.,  18(59  (  Jessie. 

Jennie  Morris I  Katie. 

Texas.  1  Ralph  F. 

[  Estel. 
Clandia,  h.,  187.") 

Janies  R   Andrews j  Donolda  Mayo. 

Oak  Cliff,  1  exas.  (                           ^ 

Albert,  1877. 

Wallace,  at  home,  1882. 

Samuel  H.  Nance— Branch  Ten. 

Was  born  May  21,  1849.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Regina 
Lee  Poage,  of  Roanoke  county,  Virginia,  November  22,  18S2. 
They  reside  at  Cedar  Hill,  Texas,  and  have  one  child,  Olin  Bert- 
ram, twig,  born  1883. 

Joshua  Nance — Limb  Eleven. 

Was  born  in  Green  county,  Kentucky,  July  11,  1S07.  At  the 
age  of  twenty-two  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  Skaggs,  of  same 


268 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


county,  by  whom  he  had  four  children.  In  1S30  they  moved  to 
Sangamon  county,  Illinois,  then  an  almost  uninhabited  wilder- 
ness, and  settled  in  th.at  portion  out  of  which  Cass  county  was 
formed.  The  wife  soon  fell  a  victim  of  the  malarial  fever,  so 
common  in  the  early  days  in  the  prairie  state. 

On  August  9,  1837,  he  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Lucas,  by 
whom  he  had  nine  children.  These  thirteen  children  are  named 
below  as  branches.     In  1S65  he  left  Illinois  for  Kansas,  settling 

on  a  farm  near 
Cato,  Crawford 
count}',  where 
he  continued  to 
reside  until  his 
death,  on  March 
6,  1885. 

In  politics  he 
was  a  democrat, 
casting  his  first 
presidential  vote 
for  Andrew 
Jackson,  and  his 
last  for  Grover 
Cleveland. 

The  follow- 
ing is  a  part  of 
the  obituary 
published  in  the 
local  paper  at 
the  time  of  his 
death : 

He  was  a  beauti- 
ful exauiple  of  the 
uoble  haudiwork  of 
God,  au  houest  upright  luau,  pure  because  he  loved  purity,  houcst  because 
houor  was  inshrnied  as  the  goddess  of  his  beiug,  just  and  upright  in  ever}- 
action  or   dealing   with    his   fellownian.  ■•■  *         *         He  was   well 

informed  on  all  subjects,  a  man  of  extraordinary  good  judgment,  strong  con- 
victions, deliberate  in  forming  opinions,  never  repeated  a  slander  or  said 
ought  but  in  praise  of  a  neighl)()r.  His  has  been  a  noble  life,  grander 
because  such  lives  are  few,  and  l^ecause  of  the  example  he  has  given,  that 
character  can  be  moulded  and  formed  according  to  the  purer  principles  of 
the  divine  and  moral  law.  He  mastered  most  fully  the  great  pro1)lem  of 
man's  earthly  destiny,  the  duties  he  owed  to  God,  his  neighbor,  and  himself, 
and  ever  maintained  and  kept  the  noblest  impulses  of  his  nature  uppermost 


JOSHl^A    NANCE 
I.iiiib  Kleveii. 


The  Nanck  Memorial.  269 


ill  his  heart.  Thus  the  angel  of  death  found  hiiu  ;  thus  was  the  sheaf  of 
mortality  gathered  into  the  harvest  of  iinniortality.  With  no  regrets  for  the 
past,  nor  fears  for  the  future,  he  passed  into  that  mysterious  "beyond" 
where  labor  ends  and  reward  begins. 


-&' 


He  was  buried  in  the  family  grave  yard,  only  a  short  distance 
from  his  residence,  beside  his  wife  who  had  preceded  him  two 
years.  She  is  said  to  have  been  a  lovely  character,  every  way 
worthy  of  her  husband. 

Elizabeth  Smith,  Amos  D., 

Jefferson,  William  Douglas, 

Polly  Wadkins,  Sarah  E.  Swan, 

Charles  H.,  Parthena  H.  Odom, 

John  L.,  Caroline  Williams, 

Jane  Bixler,  Thomas  H., 
Katharine  Farmer. 

Charles  H.  Nance — ^Branch  Four. 

Was  born  April  11,  1S36.  He  was  married  to  Frances  C. 
Miller,  November  21,  1854,  in  Cass  county,  Illinois.  He  died  of 
consumption.  May  9,  1SS9.  He  was  the  father  of  ten  children, 
those  growing  up  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BLOSSOMS. 

Sarali  K.,  h.,  1807  (    Mary  B.,  187(5. 

Win.  H.  Cress,  d -^    Chas.  M. 

(   Autonias.  1888. 


Allies  I).,  w.  (   Logan  C,  1887. 

,.      .  •_  ..,__,_  I   ^-has.  S. 

lagcrie,  I'JOl. 


Maggie  Clark \   Chas.  S. 

/   Ma: 


Jo.shua  J.,  w.  (   William  C,  1893. 

Lizzie  Theobald J   Samuel  J. 

1    Nellie  Gladys. 

l^  George  Dewey,  1899. 
Milton  S..  w. 
Roe  Slaughter (    Maurice  Albert. 

William  G. 

James  D..  1871-1897. 

Hester  E. 


John  L.  Nance— Branch  Five. 

Was  born  July  21,  1838,  in  Cass  county,  Illinois.  He  was 
married  to  Mary  Cain  Bell  (nee  Conquest),  November  8,  187 1,  in 
Crawford  county,  Kansas.  They  have  no  children.  Their  post- 
office  address  is  Dry  wood,  Kansas. 

Jane  Nance— Branch  Six. 

Was  born  in  Cass  county,  Illinois,  November  29,  1839.  She 
was  first  married  to  Isaac  Haynes,  in  1856,  who  died  the  follow- 
ing year,  of  consumption,  leaving  no  issue. 


270  The  Nance  Memorial. 

Her  second  marriage  was  to  Jonah  Combs  Bixler,  September 
20,  1865.  Their  postoffice  address  is  Drywood,  Kansas.  They 
are  the  parents  of  nine  children,  those  growing  up  are  named 
below  as  twigs  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI.OSSOMS. 

Charles  I.,ee,  \v. 

Drywood,  Kansas.  /    Walter  I.eshe. 

Kaniiie  Hill,  h.  (  Harvey  I<ee. 

Sa be  Dal  ton J   Riley  Combs. 

Drywood,  Kansas.  (  Olive  Stella. 

Katie  Dell,  h. 

Benj.  S.  Daltoii (    Ruth  Jane. 

Drywood,  Kansas.  /    I'aul. 

Grace  Bell,  h. 
Wni.  Harvey  Dalton, 
Drywood.  Kan.sas. 

l.illieMav,  h.,  1881 
Je.s.se  I,.  KlHott, 
Drywood,  Kan.sas. 

Katharine  Nance — Branch  Seven. 

Was  born  June  21,  1841,  and  was  married  to  A.  J.  Farmer, 
June  4,  1857.  She  died  May  17,  1890,  of  cancer  of  the  breast. 
She  was  the  mother  of  eleven  children,  named  below  as  twigs,  the 
oldest  was  born  in  1858,  and  the  youngest  in  1881  : 

Isaac,  Charles,  William, 

Malinda,  Joshua,  Albert, 

Christopher,  John,  Eaton, 

Sarah  Bell,  Joseph. 

Amos  D.  Nance — Branch  Eight. 

Was  born  October  3,  1842,  and  married  to  Sarah  R.  Williams, 
September  25,  1873.  They  have  eight  children,  those  growing 
to  maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 

Lee,  who  married  Josie  Morrison, 

Delia,  1 876- 1 900,  Harry  L.,  Thomas, 

Douglass.,  Archie  D.,  Otway. 

William  Douglas  Nance — Branch  Nine. 

Was  born  September  16,  1844.  He  was  married  to  Jane 
Williams,  December  12,  1867.  They  are  the  parents  of  eight 
children,  those  growing  to  maturity  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 


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TWIGS.  BUDS.  Bl,OSSOMS. 

r  Nettie  D.,  1888. 

Ivizzie.  h.,  1868  |  Wm.  Lenard. 

Chas.  S.  Bearing <  Anna  E. 

C.  Ezra. 

[  Emma  J.,  1899. 
Mattie,  h.,  1870 

G._W.  ReynoUls J  ^^^^.^_  jgg,^ 


Drywood,  Kansas.  ( 

I   Mabel  Dell. 


Albert  D.,  w.,  1873  |   Edith  Jane,  1897. 

Minnie  C.  Brown \   Ward  Doiigla.s. 


Anna  C,  h.,187.^) 
Hiram  R.  Hampton. 

Emma  S.,  1878. 

D.  Crittenden,  1894. 

Sarah  Ellen  Nance — Branch  Ten. 

Was  born  in  Cass  county,  Illinois,  February  22,  1848.  She 
was  married  to  James  Morris  Swan,  January  22,  1868,  at  Cato, 
Kansas,  where  they  resided  until  1893,  when  they  moved  to  Okla- 
homa. They  reside  in  Cleveland  where  Mr.  Swan  is  engaj:::ed  in 
the  real  estate  business.  They  are  the  parents  of  twelve  children, 
those  living  are  named  below  as  twigs.  Mr.  Swan  was  in  the 
civil  war  for  five  years,  enlisting  at  Jacksonville,  Illinois,  in  the 
loth  Illinois  infantry.  Their  children  all  reside  near  the  parents, 
at  Cleveland,  Oklahoma. 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  Bl,OSSOMS. 

Chatincy,  w.,  18C8 
Lucy  Turner J   dg,,,,  B^^t,  died  young. 


Kelly,  w.,  1870 
DoUie  Coonrod. 


(  Fred  M. 
Ona  Ansel. 
Robert. 
Mabel. 
Neil. 
,  Eddie. 
Harley,  vv. 
Nettie  Herr j   oorden  Berle,  died  young. 

Effie.  h.  (  Gladys. 

Ward  Guffev -;    Ralph. 

(  Elizabeth  Ellen. 


Russell. 


William  M.,  single,  farmer 

Tilden,  w. 

Mettie  Buckles ( 

'/ 

Mae  F.,  h. 
John    B.     Myers,     cashier 

First      National      Bank, 

Cleveland,  Oklahoma. 

Dick  C,  1885,  student. 

Parthena  Hill  Nance — Branch  Eleven. 

Was  born  June  8,  1849.     She  was  married  to  James  Odoni,  in 
1873.     Their  seven  children  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 

Samuel,  Lewis,  Robert,  Harvey, 

Maggie,  Elizabeth,       Dennis. 


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Caroline  Nance — Branch  Twelve. 

Was   boru  February    23,    1852.     She   was   married    to    Wm. 
Williams,  October  23,  1873.     Their  children  are  named  below  as 


twigs 


Perry,  1 876-1896,  Stella  Jane,  and  Nellie. 

Thomas  H.  Nance — Branch  Thirteen. 
Was  born  October  8,  1854.     Nothing  more  is  known  of  him. 

Thomas  Jefferson  Nance— Limb  Thirteen. 

Was  born  in  Green  county,  Kentucky,  September  17,  1811. 
Katharine  D.  Houghton  was  born  October  14,  18 17,  and  died 
March  22,  1892.  They  were  married  September  22,  1836,  in 
Menard  county,  Illinois.  Thomas  J.  received  a  much  better  edu- 
cation than  any  of  his  brothers  or  sisters,  or  most  of  those  in  his 
community,  in  that  he  attended  private  school  of  a  neighbor, 
Owen  by  name.  Mr.  Owen  had  four  or  five  daughters  who  had 
a  private  instructor.  They  were  not  as  industrious  as  the  teacher 
thought  they  should  be,  and  he  suggested  to  the  father  that  it 
would  pay  him  well  to  select  some  lad  or  young  man  to  attend 
the  school  in  order  to  spur  the  girls  to  greater  exertion.  Thomas 
was  selected,  and  remained  in  the  school  some  three  years.  He 
came  with  his  father  and  family  to  Illinois,  in  1832.  He  taught 
school  some  years,  up  to  the  time  of  his  marriage.  He  .settled  on 
a  farm  in  Ca.ss  county,  where  he  spent  the  short  years  of  his 
married  life.  At  the  time  of  his  death  his  farm  contained  some 
six  hundred  acres.  He  was  nominated  for  the  legi.slature  by  the 
deminant  party  of  the  district,  in  1838,  but  was  defeated  becau.se 
a  few  years  previously  he  had  made  a  temperance  address  at  Old 
Salem,  the  home  of  Lincoln,  near  Petersburg,  which  offended  the 
topers  of  bis  party,  and  they  refused  to  support  him.  He  was 
nominated  by  the  same  party  two  years  later,  and  elected  in  spite 
of  the  whisky  interest.  Two  years  later  he  was  nominated  for 
the  state  senate,  and  would  have  beeu  elected,  but  died  two  weeks 
before  the  election.  It  is  said  he  had  a  very  promising  career 
before  him.  He  died  July  22,  1842,  being  in  his  thirty-first  year. 
His  four  children  are  named  below  as  branches  : 

Elizabeth  Wynne,  Benjamin  F.,  died  at  2, 

Harriet  Benton  Struble,         Albert  Gallitan. 


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Elizabeth  Nance— Branch  One. 

Was  born  in  Cass  county,  Illinois,  in  1838.  She  died  in  1866. 
She  married  Clinton  Wynne,  by  whom  she  had  one  child,  named 
below  as  twig  : 

Mary,  h.  Oliver  Carter,  Los  Angeles,  California. 

Harriet  Benton  Nance— Branch  Three. 

Was  born  in  Cass  county,  Illinois,  in  1840.     She  was  united 
in  marriage  to  Philemon  Struble.     They  were  the  parents  of  two 
children,  named  below  as  twigs.     She  passed  away  in  1873  : 
Albert,  Lena,  h.  Battermaii? 

Albert  Gallitan  Nance— Branch  Four. 

Was  born  in  Cass  county,  Illinois,  in  1842,  His  wife,  Laura 
Isabelle  Osborne,  was  born  in  1844.  They  were  married  in  1866. 
They  own  and  reside  on  a  one  thousand  acre  farm  six  miles  to  the 
south  of  Petersburg,  Illinois.  With  Cousin  "Allen,"  as  he  is 
called,  the  author  drove  over  a  large  portion  of  the  farm,  devoted 
to  grain  and  stock  raising,  and  noted  the  improvement  in  methods 
of  farming  since  he  left  the  rural  districts  for  the  more  exciting 
though  not  more  enjoyable  city  life.  The  family,  excepting 
Horace  and  wife,  were  camping  on  the  Old  Salem  Chautau([ua 
grounds,  where  they  have  a  commodious  cottage,  and  where  they 
meet  the  married  members  of  the  family  annually,  in  a  month's 
rest  and  visit.  Sitting  on  their  broad  veranda,  they  entertain 
their  many  friends  while  listening  to  the  musical  numbers  of  the 
Chautauqua,  known  the  state  over  for  its  excellent  programs. 
The  amphitheater  being  but  a  few  steps  distant.  Here  the  author 
was  treated  like  one  of  the  family,  free  to  come  and  go  at  will, 
but  always  urged  to  be  around  at  lunch  time.  It  is  superfluous 
to  tell  a  Nance  that  one  of  the  name  required  a  second  invitation 
to  lunch.  While  native  modesty  is  characteristic  of  the  name,  we 
usually  have  our  appetites  with  us. 

Mr.  Nance  is  one  of  the  substantial  and  prominent  men  of 
Menard  county.  When  a  young  man,  he  was  a  member  of  the 
state  Legislature,  elected  as  a  democrat,  though  not  in  full  accord 
with  the  party,  at  the  time.  He  has  been  a  staunch  republican 
for  many  years,  and  takes  a  delight  in  contemplating  the  achieve- 
ments of  the  party.  He  and  family  are  members  of  the  Christian 
church  at  Petersburg.  While  he  continues  to  reside  on  the  farm, 
the  younger  son,  Horace,  conducts  the  same.     Horace  is  of  the 


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material  that  makes  the  world  move.  The  elder  son,  "Tom,"  is 
president  of  the  First  National  Bank,  Clinton,  Oklahoma,  while 
the  son-in-law,  Chas.  W.  Goodwin,  is  cashier  of  same  bank.. 
Their  six  children  are  named  below  as  twigs : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS. 

Carrie  Benton,  h. 

Chas.  W.  Goodwin (  Albert  N. 

Clinton,  Oklahoma.  (  Georgia  N. 

Thomas  Jefferson.  \v. 

Alice  N.  Currv (     ,,,      ,,.    ,i-. 

Clinton,  Oklahoma.  (   Alhei  t  Gallitan. 

Catharine,  h. 

Geo.  D.  Warnsing J   I^anra  Marie. 

Greenview,  Illinois.  '(   Hermine. 

Hattie  Beecher,  h.,  d. 

Harry  H.  .Schirding (    Hattip  N 

Petensburg,  Illinois.  (    "^"le  IN. 

Horace  Greeley,  w. 
Sudie  Purkapile, 
Peter.sburg,  Illinois. 

l,oiiise,  1886,  at  home. 

Allen  Q.  Nance — Limb  Fourteen. 


Was  born  in  Kentucky, 
September  i6,  1813.  He  came 
with  his  father  to  Illinois  in 
1832,  where  he  obtained  a 
farm  immediately  southwest 
and  adjoining  the  town  of 
Newmansville,  Cass  county. 
Here  he  married  Elizabeth  W. 
Dearen,  January  11,  1841. 
He  removed  to  Texas  in  1852, 
and  bought  a  farm  near  De 
Soto,  in  Dallas  county,  where 
he  died  in  1873.  He  was  a 
great  student  and  an  incessant 
reader.  During  the  last 
years  of  his  life,  the  Bible  was 
h  i  s  chief  companion.  He 
seemed  to  know  the  geography 
of  the  world  as  well  as  most 
men  do  that  of  their  home  state.  His  usual  weight  was  two  hun- 
dred pounds.  He  wore  a  number  eight  hat.  He  died  very  sud- 
denly, without  warning.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the 
owner  of  five  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Texas.  He  was  a  farmer 
all  his  life,  and  what  is  more,  he  was  an  honest  man.     He  was 


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MRS.    AI<I,EN   O.    NANCE. 


the  father  of  eleven  children, 
named  below  as  branches. 
The  mother  outlived  her  hus- 
band twenty  years,  dying 
November  25,  1893  : 

David  Carey, 

Mary  J., 

Christopher  C,  died  young, 

Gustavus  A., 

Ellen, 

Ann  Lee, 

Sarah  C, 

John  H.,  died  young, 

Charles  Palmer, 

Lee,  died  young, 

Etta. 

David  Carey  Nance 
Branch  One. 

Was  born  in  Cass  county, 
Illinois,    February     2,     1S43. 


He  came  w  i  t  h  his 
parents  to  Texas,  in 
1852,  and  in  1861  en- 
listed in  the  cavalry 
service  of  the  Confed- 
erate states,  under 
Colonel  W.  H.  Par- 
sons. He  received 
five  wounds  in  battle 
during  his  term  of 
service,  returning 
home  in  1865.  Three 
horses  were  shot  from 
under  him  and  he  was 
in  thirty  engagements. 
(This  is  an  extreme 
record  for  one  soldier, 
and  the  author  has  in- 
sisted upon  his  ' '  Johny 
Reb"  cousin  giving 
his  army  record  for 
this  work,  which  will 


DAVID    C.    NANXE. 


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be  found  at  the  close  of  this  sketch.  He  knows  it  will  be  read 
with  interest  by  both  "Yanks"  and  "  Rebs.")  Our  hero  attended 
Carlton  college,  Bonham,  Texas,  1868- 1870.  He  was  married 
to  Miss  Sallie  M.  Hackley,  October  12,  1870,  at  Bonham.  He 
taught  school  for  some  years,  buying  a  farm  in  the  mean  time, 
near  Bonham.  In  1889  he  returned  to  Dallas  county  and  bought 
the  old  family  home  and  took  care  of  his  mother  till  her  death. 
He  also  operated  a  general  store  for  a  number  of  years  at  De  Soto. 

In  1901  he  built  a 
grist-mill  and  another 
home  at  Duncanville, 
taking  into  business 
with  him  his  youngest 
son,  Quilla,  under  the 
firm  name  of  D.  C. 
Nance  &  Son.  His 
other  children  operate 
the  farm.  It  is  said 
he  reads  a  great  deal, 
and  like  his  father, 
the  Bible  is  now  his 
chief  companion.  He 
became  a  Christian 
and  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church  early 
in  life.  He  has  always 
been  a  democrat; 
weighs  one  hundred 
and  ninety  pounds;  is 
past  sixty-one,  and  in 
perfect  health.  He 
has  been  of  great 
assistance  to  the 
author,  as  is  men- 
tioned elsewhere.  He 
has  recently  returned  to  his  farm,  and  his  address  is  Rural  Route 
No.  I,  Cedar  Hill,  Texas, 

MILITARY  RECORD  OF  DAVID  CAREY  NANCE. 

LATE  OF  CONFEDERATE  STATES  ARMY. 
In  September,  1861,  I  enlisted  in  the  cavalry  service  of  Texas  ;  and  later 
of  the  Confederate  states.     I  was  but  a  boy,  eighteen,  past.     During  the 
next  few  months  we  were  on  the  drill  yard  every  day.    In  the  early  spring 


SALUE  HACKI.EY-NANCE. 


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we  started  for  the  front.  My  first  battle  was  "  Cache  River  "  or  "Cotton 
Plant,"  as  we  "Rebs"  called  it,  Snnday,  July  7,  1S62.  I  rode  a  very  fine 
horse,  was  well  equipped,  and  was  chosen  as  one  of  the  extreme  advance  of 
twenty  men,  as  we  marched  through  a  deep  forest  of  bog  and  fen  to  meet 
the  enemy.  At  last  we  met ;  and  in  that  jubilee  of  demons  which  followed, 
I  was  first  to  fall.  A  one  ounce  ball  had  penetrated  my  cheek,  passing  out 
at  the  back  of  my  neck.  Another  had  plowed  a  furrow  in  the  other  side. 
Then  my  beautiful  steed  fell  against  a  tree  and  died,  the  victim  of  three  other 
balls.  The  man  on  my  right  went  down,  and  then  the  one  on  my  left.  I 
scrambled  to  a  fallen  tree  and  cuddled  up  to  avoid  being  trampled  under  foot. 
The  enemy  moved  up,  and  I  was  in  their  midst,  but  they  had  not  discovered 
me.  My  hat,  clothes,  and  gun  were  gone,  but  I  had  side-arms  left 
which  I  tried  to  use.  Just  then  another  ball  crashed  through  my  shoulder 
as  I  lay  along.  Then  I  was  helpless,  with  three  crimson  streams  flowing 
fast  ;  and  I  thought  my  time  was  short.  I  hid  my  pistol  and  monc}-  in  the 
forest  leaves.  A  little  later  a  ruffian  from  my  native  state,  Illinois,  dis- 
covered me,  and  said  :  "  Get  up,  you  Reb,  or  I'll  shoot  you!"  It  did  no 
good  to  tell  him  I  was  already  in  distress.  Then  seeing  my  belt  and  scab- 
bard, he  demanded  my  pistol.  And  when  he  got  it  he  made  as  though  he 
would  finish  me  with  my  own  weapon.  Fortunately  his  captain  was  at  hand, 
and  was  a  man  and  not  a  beast,  and  when  I  called  for  help  he  gave  it  readily 
(may  God  bless  his  memory).  Tenderly  he  took  me  by  the  hand,  and  assur- 
ing me  of  his  care,  sent  me  halting  a  little  to  the  rear.  So  at  last  I  was  a 
prisoner  of  war,  the  very  thing  I  dreaded  most. 

Then  the  battle  grew^  furious,  and  a  continual  stream  of  mangled  bodies 
came  pouring  back.  The  litter  bearers  met  them,  in  the  midst  of  that  awful 
scene,  and  carried  away  the  helpless.  When  they  came  to  me,  one  said  : 
"Get  up  and  go  with  us!  "  The  other  replied  :  "Let  him  alone,  it  will 
soon  be  all  day  with  him."     And  thus  I  was  left  in  that  whirl-jiool  of  l)lood. 

Then  came  a  cavalry  charge,  on,  on,  through  the  roar  of  guns,  the  rattle 
of  balls  against  the  trees,  mingled  with  the  cries  of  men.  The  storm  was 
on, —  dreadful  and  yet  sublime.  It  swept  the  earth  of  men  and  pas.sed. 
They  spiked  the  cannons,  and  .stopped  their  helli.sh  mouths,  and  then  the 
roar  abated  some.  But  the  enemy  rallied  and  drove  them  l)ack  ;  but  I  was 
in  the  rear  of  friends.  While  yet  the  battle  raged,  they  took  me  up  and 
back,  where  women  wept  and  tried  to  comfort  me.  Then  I  was  hauled  away 
to  a  hospital.  Then  an  angel  woman  came  and  ministered  to  me.  She 
washed  and  dried  my  bloody  clothes, —  all  else  was  lost. 

****** 

That  year  erysipelas  was  epidemic,  and  I  had  it  early,  and  so  far  as  I 
could  learn  was  the  only  one,  through  all  those  weeks  of  pain,  to  recover  from 
it.  Boils  and  dy.sentery,  and  later  flux,  increased  my  mi.sfortunes  till  I 
passed  into  a  delirium  with  lucid  intervals  now  and  then.  At  last  heaven 
heard  my  cry  of  anguish,  and  then  these  two  months  of  a  living  death  began 
to  pass  away.  Then  they  told  me  I  was  well  and  could  go  again.  I 
started  back,  and  on  that  day  I  tipped  the  beam  at  just  fifty-two  pounds 
less  than  my  weight  on  the  battle  day. 

On  my  arrival  I  found  the  camp  on  the  identical  spot  where  I  left  it  ; 
and  then  I  learned  that  only  three  of  that  fated  twenty  escaped  unhurt. 
Next  day  I  went  out  to  the  battle  field  and  found  my  money,  one  hundred 


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and  five  dollars.  With  this  and  some  my  father  sent,  I  bonj^ht  a  captured 
mule  and  saddle,  and  again  was  ready  for  business. 

In  November,  of  the  same  year,  in  answer  to  a  requisition  from  our  Legis- 
lature, I  went  to  Waxahachie,  Texas,  to  assist  in  the  manufacture  of  gun 
powder.  On  the  twenty-ninth  of  the  following  April,  an  explosion  occurred 
and  wrecked  the  mill,  and  again  I  alone  was  left  alive.  Then  father  and 
mother  came  and  took  me  home  where  for  a  long  time  mother  fed  me  with 
a  spoon  as  one  feeds  an  infant.  At  last  I  recovered  from  my  burns,  and 
returned  to  the  army  again,  and  shortly  after  was  in  that  continued  series 
of  battles  along  Red  River,  in  Louisiana,  known  as  the  "  Banks  Campaign 
of  1864."  In  the  final  battle,  "Yellow  Bayou,"  May  10,  I  received  two  other 
wounds  in  neck  and  shoulder,  and  my  rifle  was  shot  to  pieces  while  in  my 
hands.  But  to  give  a  detailed  account  of  all  or  even  part  of  what  occurred, 
would  extend  this  sketch  beyond  all  proper  limit,  suffice  it  to  say  that  of 
that  once  splendid  regiment  of  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  sixt}-  men, 
but  two  hundred  were  present  on  this  final  battle.  May  10,  1864,  and  of  that 
number  ninety-six  were  lost  later. 

During  those  weeks  of  pain  in  the  fateful  days  of  '62,  when  life  hung  so 
long  by  a  slender  cord,  I  realized  how  weak  I  was.  Then  I  vowed  to  the  God 
of  mercy  that  if  He  would  give  me  a  safe  return  from  the  war  to  my  father's 
house,  I  would  henceforth  enquire  at  the  door  of  wisdom  to  know  His  will. 
I  need  only  add  I  have  tried  to  keep  my  vow.  D.  C.  Nance. 

Duncanville,  Texas,  October  15,  1903. 

He  is  the  father  of  four  children  named  below  as  twigs  : 

TWIC.S.  BUDS.  BI^CSSOMS. 

Chas.  Carlton,  1871,  w. 
Kthel  Shiiee, 
Dallas,  Texas. 

James  Allen,  w.  (    Alleen. 

l<izzie  Carrall •<    Kugenia. 

De  .Soto,  Te.xas.  (    Wilson. 

Quilla,  w. 

Carey  Home ^    A   O 

Duncanville,  Texas.  (       '  ^' 

Annie  Laura,  h. 

Byram  P.  Morris j    Dwight,  d. 

DeSoto,  Te.xas.  (    Don. 

Mary  J.  Nance — Branch  Two. 

Was  born  in  Illinois,  September  25,  1845.  She  was  married 
to  Jas.  W.  Reagan,  July  18,  1865.  He  was  a  bugler  in  the  Con- 
federate army,  from  Connecticut,  just  prior  to  the  war.  Her 
brother,  David,  among  other  complimentary  things,  .speaks  of  his 
sister's  virtues  as  follows  : 

She  was  a  woman  of  unu.sual  energy.  She  married  in  Dallas  county, 
and  a  little  later  moved  out  to  Brown  county,  then  a  wilderness.  Wishing 
to  educate  her  children,  she  bought  and  paid  for  a  good  house  in  the  town 
of  Brownwood,  from  the  proceeds  of  her  own  lalior,  and  moving  to  it,  sent 
her  children  to  school,  still  working  to  support  them.  Five  of  her  children 
became  prominent  teachers,   and  a  sixth,  Lina,  is   preparing.     She   was   a 


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member  of  the  Christian  church  for  many  years,  as  was  her  husband  also. 
During  the  civil  war,  she  was  the  main  stay  in  her  father's  home,  doing 
most  of  the  labor,  clothing  the  family  in  home-spun.  To  her  the  writer,  her 
brother,  is  due  many  thanks  for  the  warm  clothes  which  her  own  hands 
furnished  during  those  four  terrible  years  of  privation.  She  passed  to  her 
reward  July  4,  1890.  Her  husband  followed  her,  July  4,  1899,  "i"e  years  to 
the  hour. 

Nine  children  came  to  bless  this  couple,  the  youngest  dying 
young.     The  remaining  eight  are  named  below  as  twigs  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI.OSSOMS. 

Burney,  \v.,  a  druggist  T  Ona. 

Barbara  Anderson   J    i^ucile. 

Big  Springs,  Texas.  1    Paul. 

[  Horace  B. 
A.  Burton,  w..  a  merchant 
Fannie  Montgomery, 
Blanket,  Texas. 

Annie,  h.,  farmer  '' 

H.  C.  Mayner, 
Blanket,  Texas. 

I^uhi,  h.,  music  teacher 
Fletcher  F^liott, 
Blanket,  Texas. 

William,    w..   soda     water 

manufacturer 
Rhoda  Harrell, 
Ci.sco,  Texas. 

Addie.  h..  farmer 
John  f;.  F.lkins, 
Cisco,  Texas. 

Bettie.  single. 
L,ina,  single. 

GusTAvus  Adolphus  Nance — Branch  Four. 

Was  born  in  Cass  county,  Illinois,  June  8,  1849.  He  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Texas,  in  1852,  and  remained  with  them  on  a 
farm  until  twenty-four  years  of  age,  when,  in  1873,  he  married 
Mi.ss  Vina  T.  McElroy,  of  Ellis  county,  Texas.  She  was  a  native 
of  Tennessee,  but  had  come  to  Texas  with  her  parents,  in  1856. 
They  continued  to  farm  until  1883,  when  he,  in  co-partner.sliip 
with  his  younger  brother,  C.  P.  Nance,  founded  the  town  of 
Duncanville,  Texas,  and  opened  up  a  mercantile  business.  He 
has  been  in  the  mercantile  business  most  of  the  time  until  the 
present.  He  has  also  held  the  office  of  postmaster  two  terms; 
has  been  notary  public  for  eight  years,  and  justice  of  the  peace  for 
a  season.     At  the  present  he  is  a  merchant  at  West  Dallas,  Texas. 

The  wife  was  a  Cumberland  Presbyterian  at  the  time  of  their 
marriage,  but  soon  united  with  the  Church  of  Christ,  of  which 
church  the  husband  had  been  a  member  from  young  manhood. 
They  have  been  faithful,  active  members  in  said  communion  ever 
since,  he  filling  most  of  the  time  the  offices  of  clerk,  deacon,  or 


28o  The  Nance  Memorial. 

elder.  At  the  present  he  is  elder  iu  the  Church  of  Christ  at 
West  Dallas.  They  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  those  living 
are  named  below  as  twigs  : 

Joseph  Cary,  1874,  is  a  machinist  in  the  employ  of  the 
Buffalo  Pitts  Machine  Company,  at  Houston,  Texas  ;  Frederick 
Earl,  188 r,  he  is  with  the  Wells  Fargo  Express  Company,  Dallas; 
Carlie  Lee,  1883,  he  is  with  the  same  company  ;  Ionia  Eka,  1887; 
Claud  S.,  1891. 

Ellen  Nance — Branch  Five. 

Was  born  iVpril  12,  1852,  in  Cass  county,  Illinois.  Came 
with  her  parents  to  Dallas  county,  Texas,  the  same  year.  She 
was  married  to  Geo.  W.  Bowman,  of  Missouri,  June  27,  1872. 
They  reside  at  Ample,  Texas.  They  are  the  parents  of  six 
children  named  below  as  twigs  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS. 

Charles  H.,  w. 

Bobbie  Lee  Jones (   Clarence  W. 

'/    Clara  B. 
Ladonia  Q. 
William  M. 

Mary  Klizabeth,  h. 

Clias.  C.  McFarland (   Charles  Virgil. 

(  Jennie  Lucile. 
Geo.  Louis,  twin  to  above. 

Lnlea  K.,  h. 

^"'j-  ^'  "^^--t ;   Grace. 

Ann  L.  Nance — Branch  Six. 

Was  married  to  William  R.  Home.  They  reside  at  Duncan- 
ville,  Texas.  They  buried  a  son,  Samuel  M.,  October,  1896. 
They  have  one  daughter,  Carey,  who  has  a  son  A.  Q.  They 
have  another  son.  Homer.  This  is  all  the  information  that  has 
come  to  me  regarding  this  branch. 

Sarah  C.  Nance — Branch  Seven. 

Was  married  to  John  Crews.  They  reside  at  Clarke,  Mi.ssouri. 
No  further  information  has  reached  me. 

Charles  Palmer  Nance — Branch  Nine. 

Was  born  near  DeSoto,  Texas,  July  10,  1861.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Cordelia  P.  Garner,  near  Duncanville,  Texas,  January  14, 
1886.  He  was  educated  at  Add  Ran  college.  Thorp  Springs, 
Texas.  He  has  been  engaged  as  farmer,  painter,  merchant,  post- 
master, railroad  agent,  notary  public,  and  deputy  sheriff.  He 
was  United  States  census  enumerator  in   1900.     He  is  now  the 


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senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Nance  &  Co.,  general  merchandise, 
Duncanville,  Texas.  This  couple  are  the  parents  of  nine  chil- 
dren, named  below  as  twigs  : 

Leonard,  Wilkie  Collins,  Allen  Quilla. 

Winnie  Davis,  Washington  Lee,       George  McFall, 

Sallie  Ellen,  David  Woodson,         Katie, 

Etta  Nance — Branch  Eleven. 

Was  born  April  25,  1867,  in  Dallas  county-,  Texas.     She  was 

married  to   Benj.  F.  Brandenburg,   in    18S6.     Their  home  is  at 

Dallas,  Texas.     They   are  the  parents  of  eight  children,   those 

living  are  named  below  as  twigs.     She  is  said  to  be  a  woman  of 

more  than  ordinary  intelligence. 

Olin,  Abie,  Allene, 

Etta,  Kittie  Marie,  Malta. 

Parthena  W.  Nance— Limb  Fifteen. 

Was  born  in  Green 
county,  Kentucky,  August 
13,  18 16.  She  died  at 
Petersburg,  Illinois,  July  i, 
189S,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
one  years,  ten  months  and 
eighteen  days.  She  came 
to  Illinois  with  her  parents 
in  1832,  and  settled  near 
Petersburg,  which  has  been 
her  home  ever  since,  sixty- 
six  years.  July  28,  1S35, 
she  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Samuel  Hill.  Mr.  Hill 
became  one  of  the  most 
prominent  citizens  of  Men- 
ard county,  and  at  one  time 
was  the  wealthiest  citizen. 
Mr.  Hill  died  forty-one 
years  before  his  wife  was 
called  home,  leaving  her  to 
bear  the  burdens  and  fight 
the   battles    of    life   alone. 

Mrs.  Hill  was  an  associate  in   her  early  life  with  Abraham 
Lincoln,  and  was  the  last,  but  one,  of  the  early  settlers  in  Old 


MRS. 


PARTHENA   NANCH-HII.I, 
I.inib. 


282  The  Nance  Memorial. 

Salem.  (Old  Salem  is  but  a  couple  of  miles  from  Petersburg. 
It  was  the  home  of  Abraham  Liucolu  before  he  located  at  Spring- 
field, when  he  was  a  merchant.  It  is  now  a  hallowed  .spot,  but 
as  a  town  or  village,  it  is  entirely  gone.  But  one  of  the  old  build- 
ings remain,  a  log  cabin,  once  the  home  of  the  great  emancipator, 
now  used  as  a  pig  sty,  and  slowly  decaying.  Be  it  said  to  the 
credit  of  the  citizens,  this  cabin  would  be  preserved  to  future  gen- 
erations if  they  were  allowed  to  do  so  by  the  owner.) 

Mrs.  Hill  had  a  vivid  recollection  of  many  interesting  incidents 
in  the  formative  years  of  the  martyr  President,  and  was  often 
appealed  to  to  verify  facts  in  connection  with  his  life  in  Menard 
county. 

Her  relationship  with  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  Petersburg, 
in  which  she  was  an  earnest  and  faithful  member  for  almost  sixty 
years,  was  of  a  most  important  and  intimate  character.  It  would 
be  a  pleasure  to  speak  of  the  many  excellent  and  attractive  ele- 
ments of  strength  and  usefulness  which  crowned  her  life.  By 
request  of  silent  lips  we  attempt  no  eulogy.  None  indeed  is 
needed.  Her  faithful  life  of  brave  and  kind  deeds  of  unselfish 
and  loving  thoughts  ;  her  strong  and  symmetrical  womanhood  ; 
her  deep  and  pure  piety  ;  in  all  her  Christ-like  character,  speak 
to  us  louder  than  words  could  express  the  truest  eulogy  of  her 
life.  The  above  facts  are  drawn  largely  from  a  lengthy  obituary 
published  at  the  time  of  her  death. 

She  was  the  mother  of  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter. 
The  latter  died  at  seven,  and  the  son  is  named  below  as  branch. 
"Aunt  Parthena"  is  laid  to  rest  beside  her  husband  and  daughter 
in  an  underground  vault  in  the  prettiest  and  best  kept  cemetery 
for  its  size,  the  author  has  ever  seen. 

John   Hill — Branch  One. 

Civil  and  mechanical  engineer,  was  born  September  6,  1S39, 
at  Old  Salem,  Illinois  ;  completed  his  education  at  McKendree 
college,  lycbanon,  Illinois.  He  was  actively  engaged  in  the  I,in- 
coln-Douglas  campaign,  supporting  Douglas  vigorously.  He  was 
the  editor  of  a  local  newspaper  in  Petersburg,  Illinois,  and  the 
author  of  several  well  known  campaign  documents.  He  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Charleston  convention  in  i860,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-six,  served  as  a  member  of  the  Twenty-fourth  General 
Assembly  of  Illinois.  During  the  civil  war  Mr.  Hill  served  as  a 
commissioner  from  the  Illinois  state  government  to  the  Illinois 
regiments. 


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In  1S72  he  moved  to  Columbus,  Georgia,  becoming  the  super- 
intendent of  the  woolen  department  of  the  Eagle  &  Phoenix  Mills. 
Afterwards  he  was  made  engineer  for  these  mills,  and  remained 
in  this  capacit}^  until  1892.  He  erected  the  principal  buildings  of 
this  plant  and  was  widely  known  throughout  the  south  and  east 
as  a  mill  expert.  Mr.  Hill  was  a  pioneer  in  the  introduction  of 
advanced  cotton  mill  processes,  designing  many  of  the  same  that 
have  exerted  marked  influence  on  the  economical  manufacture 
of  cotton  goods. 

He  was  the  inventor  of  the  automatic  sprinkler  bearing  his 
name,  and  several  other  devices  pertaining  to  cotton  machinery 
and  fire  protective  devices.  He  was  the  pioneer  agent  of  the 
Edison  company  in  the  south,  and  his  introduction  of  electric 
lighting  in  the  Eagle  &  Phoenix  Mills  made  these  mills  the  first 
to  use  electricity  for  lighting  purposes.  Mr.  Hill  formed  the  Hill 
Automatic  Sprinkler  Company,  the  Neracher  &  Hill  Sprinkler 
Company,  Warren,  Ohio,  and  later  combined  his  interests  with 
the  General  Fire  Extinguisher  Company,  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  He  was  engineer  of  the  extensive  water  power  develop- 
ments at  Columbus,  Georgia,  and  elsewhere  throughout  the  south. 
At  the  time  of  his  death,  January  20,  1898,  he  was  engaged  in 
the  development  of  the  power  at  North  Highlands,  on  the  Chat- 
tahoochee river. 

He  married  Lula  Clara  Crawley,  at  Jacksonville,  Illinois.  He 
was  the  father  of  four  children  named  below  a.s  twigs  : 

TWIGS.  BUDS.  BI<OSSOMS. 

John,  w. 
Stacy  Earnest, 
Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Perry  N.,  w. 
l,eta  Booker, 
Columbus,  Georgia. 

Lulu,  h.  f  Clara. 

John  C.  Martin J   John. 

Columbus,  Georgia.  |    William. 

l_  Bunn. 
Bunn  Y.,  w. 
L,ucile  Gregory, 

Columbus,  Georgia. 

Perry  Nance  Hill,  twig  above,  is  the  electrical  engineer  of  the 
Columbus  Power  Company,  Columbus,  Georgia. 

John  Hill,  twig  above,  was  born  in  Columbus,  Georgia,  on 
August  16,  1874.  He  received  his  early  .schooling  in  the  public 
schools  of  Columbus,  spending  his  afternoons  and  vacations  in 
machine  shops,  cotton  mills,  and  draughting  rooms.  His  career 
has  been  marked  by  unremitting  activity  in  preparing  himself  for 


284  Tun  Nance  Memorial. 

future  work.  lu  1890  he  entered  the  University  of  Georgia, 
where  he  spent  two  years,  taking  a  scientific  course,  with  special 
work  in  civil  engineering.  Upon  the  advice  of  the  college  author- 
ities, he  adopted  mill  architecture  and  engineering  as  a  profession 
and  entered  Cornell  University,  Ithica,  New  York,  where  he 
spent  three  years  in  special  preparation  for  his  work. 

Returning  from  school  in  1896,  he  associated  himself  with  his 
father  in  mill  engineering.  At  the  death  of  his  father  in  1898, 
he  accepted  the  position  of  southern  representative  of  the  Lowell 
Machine  Shops,  of  Lowell,  Massachusetts.  In  this  capacity  Mr. 
Hill  has  been  engaged  in  the  sale  of  textile  machinery  and  the 
designing  and  engineering  of  cotton  mills  since  that  time.  The 
Lowell  Machine  Shop  is  one  of  the  largest  concerns  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  cotton  and  worsted  machinery  in  the  country. 
As  their  representative  he  has  splendid  offices  in  the  Prudential 
building,  Atlanta,  Georgia.  Mr.  Hill's  territory,  in  which  he 
manages  the  sale  of  textile  machinery,  includes  that  south  of 
Baltimore  and  Indianapolis,  Lately  he  assumed  charge  of  all 
erection  of  machinery  in  his  territory,  and  has  an  efiicient  corps 
of  competent  assistants.  He  is  very  popular  in  Atlanta  and  is  a 
prominent  secret  order  man,  being  a  Knight  Templar  and  a 
thirty-second  degree  Scottish  Rite  Mason. 

As  to  the  other  children  or  limbs,  of  Zachariah  IL,  the  author 
has  been  able  to  learn  very  little.  Sallie,  limb  four,  married  a 
Mr.  Hash.  John  Hash,  her  son,  is  said  to  be  living  at  Lancaster, 
Texas,  and  is  eighty-four  years  of  age. 

Eaton,  limb  five,  died  in  Grundy  county,  Illinois,  December  8, 
1879.  He  had  one  son,  Robert,  who  was  drowned  at  Beardstown, 
Illinois,  1848  or  9.  He  also  had  two  daughters,  but  nothing  is 
known  of  them. 

Carey,  limb  twelve,  died  August  25,  1840,  and  his  widow 
married  Joshua  Morris,  of  Cass  county,  Illinois.  He  is  buried 
beside  his  parents  in  Farmer's  Point  cemetery. 

As  Eli/.abeth  Morris  (Bingley),  the  second  wife  of  Zachariah 
Nance  II. ,  had  children  by  her  first  husband,  they  being  half 
brothers  and  sisters  of  her  Nance  children,  the  author  has  thought 
best  to  give  a  table  of  this  family. 

lilizabeth  Morris  was  born  in  James  City  county,  Virginia,  in 
177 1.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Morris,  and  the  grand- 
daughter of  Mrs.  Mary  Turner,  of  same  county.  She  was  mar- 
ried to  Lewis  Bingley,  February  28,  1788,  in   the  county  of  her 


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285 


birth.  Mr.  Bingley  had  served  three  years  in  the  Revolutionary 
army.  He  died  October  13,  1799.  Their  children  are  named 
below  as  limbs. 

The  mother  was  said  to  be  a  woman  of  great  energy,  and  to 
have  been  very  handsome  when  young,  and  a  beautiful  old  lady. 
Her  likeness  appearing  at  the  head  of  the  family  will  bear  that 
statement  out.  She  was  the  mother  of  twelve  children,  surviv- 
ing her  second  husband  about  fifteen  years,  dying  at  the  home  of 
her  daughter,  Mrs.  Parthena  W.  Hill,  Petersburg,  Illinois,  Jan- 
uary II,  1850.  She  is  buried  at  Planner's  Point  cemetery,  Ije^ide 
her  husband  and  near  her  children. 

BKANCHKS. 


1,1  M  lis. 

John  M.  Kiiijfley,  1788-1836. 
Nathaniel,  died  young. 

Mary,  1795-1840,  h. 

L,.  B.  Wyuue 


TWIGS. 


Elizabeth,  1797  1840,  h. 
James  Gold.sby,  17y:3-18.Jl.. 


.Several  children. 

Polly,  1817-181:^. 

Wm.  M.,  1818,  w. 
Kliza  Pierce 


I    Marion  I).,  ISIO. 

Thomas  1!.,  IK  12. 
I    Mary  V. 
I    Maria  1,. 

John  C. 

Kllcn  ],.  M. 

Kliza  A. 


James  B.,  1821. 

Nancv. 

l<;iias"B. 

l,ewis  B.,  1828-18ir,. 

Elizabeth,  died  vonng. 

Adeline  K.  (Arnold).  1832. 


Ellen  W.,  h. 

J.  H.  Dodds I  cha.s.  11.  I  odds. 

/achariah  N. 

Thos.  W.,  1838,  died  yoiins 
Eliza  Jane. 
Margaret  h). ' 
I  Caroline  W.,  1811). 


286  The  Nance  Memorial. 


CHAPTER  II. 


David  Nance. 

David  Nance,  the  head  of  this  line,  was  a  soldier  in  the  ami}' 
of  the  Revolution,  under  Washington.  He  remained  two  years, 
when,  after  the  severe  winter  at  Valley  Forge,  his  health  was  so 
impaired  as  to  be  unfit  for  service,  when  his  nephew,  Zachariah 
Nance  II.,  voluntarily  took  his  uncle's  place  and  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  When  David  went  home  to  repair  his  health, 
he  was  murdered,  and  left  his  children  orphans.  They  were 
bound  out  at  the  close  of  the  war.  (There  are  some  strange 
things  about  the  murder  of  this  man.  I  have  three  accounts 
from  as  many  sources,  all  giving  different  name  of  the  murderer, 
so  not  knowing  which  account  is  correct,  I  mention  no  names.) 
His  brothers  and  sisters,  so  far  as  known,  were  Zachariah  I., 
William  Howe,  Frederick,  and  Patsey  (Sneed).  (See  pages  four 
and  five.)  His  sons  as  far  as  known  are  named  as  trunks,  or  heads 
of  the  families  in  tables  below.  These  are  traced  as  distinct 
families,  although  known  to  have  a  common  origin. 

Trunk  one,  Frederick.  Trunk  two,  Cleme-iit. 

Trunk  three,  Robert.        .         Trunk  four,  Erasmus. 
Trunk  five,  Giles.  Trunk  six,  William  Howe.^ 

Before  proceeding  to  give  these  tables,  the  author  presents 
the  following  historical  review  of  the  family,  which  will  speak 
for  itself : 

EXTRACTS  FROM  HISTORICAL  SKKTCH  OF  THE 
NANCE  FAMILY. 

They  were  of  the  Albigences  in  the  South  of  France  at  the  time  of  the 
persecuting  crusades  against  that  people.  They  fled  to  Wales  in  Great 
Britain,  and  there  remained  until  the  persecution  there  became  intolerable. 
Clement  Nance  landed  at  Double  Bridges  and  went  to  Norfolk.  They  then 
emigrated  to  America,  and  were  of  the  number  that  settled  Jamestown,  in 
Virginia,  the  first  permanent  white  settlement  in  America. 

They  had  ever  firmly  held  to  the  doctrine,  faith,  and  practice  of  their 
ancestors,  i.  e.,  the  Albigences  faith,  and  came  to  America  with  the  hope  of 


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The  Nance  Memorial.  287 

finding  a  country  and  home  in  which  Ihcy  might  establish  a  government 
fraught  witli  moderation  and  religious  tolerance. 

They  formed  the  embryo  of  the  Baptist  church  that  spread  throughout 
the  country,  from  whose  church  governmeut  Thomas  Jefferson  got  his  first 
form  of  a  democratic  constitution,  which  afterwards  ripened  into  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States. 

Several  members  of  the  family  were  George  Washington's  companions 
in  arms,  in  each  and  every  engagement,  both  savage  and  otherwi.se.  One  of 
them  saved  his  life  at  Bradock's  Defeat.  Zachariah  Nance  stood  at  his  sirle 
when  he  received  Cornwallis'  sword.  (His  children  aud  grandchildreu  now 
live,  Ajjril,  1866,  in  Dallas  county,  Texas). 

****)(■* 

Written  from  facts  gleaned  from  family  traditions  and  records  liy  J;imes 
Nance,  eldest  son  of  Josiah  C.  Nance. 
Transcribed  by  Berthenia  H.  Nance. 
February  19,  1899.     (All  rights  reserved). 

''         Major  Frederick  Nance— Trunk  One. 

Was,  I  presume,  Ihe  first  settler  at  and  within  the  liniils  of  llie  village 
of  Newberry.  He  was  a  native  of  Amelia  county,  Virginia.  He  was  Ijorn 
the  fifteenth  day  of  August,  1770,  and  died  the  tenth  of  February,  1840.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Rutherford,  the  daughter  of  Colonel  Robert  Rutherford. 
Major  Nance  was  the  deputy  of  the  first  county  clerk  of  Newberry,  from 
May  term,  1791,  and  continued  in  office  until  1807,  when  he  resigned. 
****** 
After  Major  Nance's  resignation  of  the  clerkship,  he  was  a  candidate  for 
Congress  to  fill  up  General  Casey's  unexpired  term.  He  was  defeated  by 
Captain  Joe  Calhoun,  but  he  received  an  almost  unanimous  vote  in  New- 
berry. He  was  elected  lieutenant-governor,  December,  1808,  and  qualified 
with  the  governor,  John  Drayton.  In  1812,  he  was  elected  senator  in  the 
State  Legislature  from  Newberry,  and  served  two  terms.  In  1 816  he  was 
appointed  the  elector  of  president  for  the  congressional  district,  and  voted 
for  James  Monroe,  president,  and  Daniel  D.  Tompkins,  vice-president. 
Having  served  for  two  years  as  a  representative  while  Major  Nance  was 
senator,  enables  me  to  say  that  Newberry  never  has  had  a  more  faithful  and 
useful  servant  than  he  was.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  I  have 
already  named.  In  1831,  he  married  Mrs.  Theresa  Ruff,  who  survived  him. 
By  his  first  marriage  he  had  eleven  children,  nine  of  whom  lived  to  be  men 
and  women.     By  his  last  marriage  he  had  one  daughter. 

INIajor  Nance  was  a  useful  man.  He  was  a  good  neighbor,  a  firm  friend, 
a  devoted  husband  and  father.  Having  knowm  him  from  my  childhood  to 
his  death,  it  is  right  and  proper  that  I  should  say  he  well  deser\-es  to  be 
remembered,  when  Newberry  presents  her  most  respectable  and  worthy 
citizens.— /wfl'^^  OneaVs  Annals. 


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His  childreu  are  named  in  the  table  below  as  limbs 


tjmhs. 

Robert  K..  w. 
Mary  Pope. 


BRANCHES. 


Dorothy  Brooks,  h. 

Thoma.s  Pratt 

The  most  prominent 

merchant  in  Newberry    I   Mrs.  ,Simi)kiii.s. 

for  many  years. 

Martha,  h. 


f  Priestly  Pratt. 
I    William  Pratt. 
I    Simeon  Pratt. 
Mrs.  Kincaid. 


Drayton  Nance,  w. 

Lncy  Williams 

12  children,  6  of   whom 
reached  niatnritv. 


Jno.  A.  Barksdale 


France.s  C,  h.,  d. 
Jas.  M.  Ba.xter,  d.. 

Wm.  Fred.,  w. 
Sarah  Calmes. 

Jas.  Dayton. 

I<anra  K.,  h. 

R.  Iv.  McCaugliriii. 


Marie  W..  h. 
Wm.  J.  Fair 


Amelia,  h. 

Robert  Dnnlap (..,..  ,  .,  , 

'  ;    No  living  children. 

Frederick,  Jr.,  w. 
Margaret  Williams.. 


( 


Sarah  Nance,  h. 
Robt.  Dnnlap.. . . 


Capt.  J.  K.  G.  Nance. 


f  Sarah,  h. 

!   Jndge  W.  H.  Wallace  . 

I 

1^  Robert  Nance  Dnnlap. 


f  KcUvin  k.  Wallace.... 


2ndh.  J,  K.  Griffin.  M.C.    j 
3rd  h.  Gen.  Dan. Wallace  ■'. 


Frances,  h. 

Patrick     Calhoun    Cald- 
well. 

Alfred,  w. 

Elvira  Henderson. 

Laura,  h. 

Wm.  Butler 


Eeila  H.  Wallace,  h. 

Henry  W.  Addison. 

Augusta,  Georgia. 


Martha  N.,  h. 
Jno.  Calmes. 
Woodruff.  S.  C. 


[   Mrs.  Morris, 
I       Edgefield,  S.  C. 
-j    Mrs.  Nicholson, 
I       Edgefield,  S.  C. 
[  Waldo  Butler. 


TWIGS. 


C,  D,  Bark.sdale,  w. 
I.ily  I'air \ 


BUDS. 


I.aiira  A. 


I    T.  A.  Barksdale,  w.    (  John. 

i    Ida  Gray ■     Hillard. 

I  (  Drayton. 

Eucy.  h. 

Frank  f; vans \   Marion. 

■/    Ruth. 
I    Wm.    James   Drav- 
l  ton. 


Eucy  B.,  li. 
Walter  H,  Hunt, 
Newberry,  .S.  C. 

Frances  N..  h. 
Jas.  H.  Mcintosh . 
Columbia,  S.  C. 


(  Frances. 
I    Eucy. 
-{   James  N., 
I       Newberry,  S.  C. 
[  Nannie. 

r  Robert. 
I    Wm.  J.  Jr., 

Newberry,  S.  C. 
Mary  N., 

Newberry,  S.  C. 
t  Rutherford. 

i   Jas. Drayton  Nance 
'/       Newberry.  S.  C. 

f  Mrs.  John  C.  Shep- 

pard. 
I        FIdgefield,  S.  C. 
-[    Mrs.  Victor  Gage, 

Biirmingham,.\la 
I    Mrs,  Jas,  Maxwell. 
L  Dan'l  H.  Wallace, 
Union,  S.  C. 


(  James. 
Baxter. 
I    F'rances. 
I    Martha. 
L  Dorothy. 


4  sons. 


f  Wallace  G..  w. 
I    Alberta  Brenner. 
I       Augusta,  Georgia 

Eaura  Fl,  h. 
I   Jno.  C.  Eamar. 
[      Augusta,  Georgia 


Drayton  Nance,  linil)  above,  was  born  at  Newberry,  vSouth  Carolina,  in 
i8oo,  and  .spent  the  whole  of  his  life  in  his  native  town.  He  received  his 
education  in  Newberry,  and  was  gradnated  from  the  South  Carolina  College 
in  1821.     He  read  law  after  his  graduation,  and  ujwn  his  admission  to  the 


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1)ar,  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Newberry.  In  1826  he 
was  elected  by  the  Legislature,  commissioner  of  equity  for  Newberry  dis- 
trict. He  held  the  office  of  commissioner  by  successive  elections  until  iS^S, 
when  he  declined  to  serve  any  longer. 

After  leaving  the  connnissioner's  office,  he  retired  to  private  life.  He 
had  ample  estate,  and  from  the  income  derived  from  his  plantations  and 
from  other  sources,  was  enabled  to  live  in  comfort  and  entertain  his  friends 
with  old-time  southern  hospitality.  As  connnissioner  in  efjuitv  he  displaved 
talent  and  ability  of  a  high  order. 

i\Ir.  Nance  was  not  an  indiscriminate  reatler.  He  read  chiefly  stamlard, 
historical  and  classical  authors,  and  very  little  light  literature.  "But  there 
is  one  book  which  the  study  of  all  other  literature  will  only  render  more 
precious,  while  at  the  same  time  it  is  so  surpassing  and  universal  in  its  range, 
that  all  other  literature  serves  only  for  its  foil  or  its  illustration,  and  in  which 
there  is  more  wisdom  than  in  all  other  books  of  the  world  put  together," 
which  he  read  constantly  and  thoughtfully.  His  knowledge  of  the  Bible 
was  surprising,  and  from  that  book  he  drew  the  inspiration  of  his  life.  He 
loved  the  Bible  for  its  simplicity,  its  poetry,  its  grandeur,  and  above  all  for 
its  divine  message  of  redemption  to  man. 

He  was  married  on  the  third  of  April,  1827,  to  Miss  Lucy  Williams,  who 
died  on  the  seventh  daj'  of  November,  1847.  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Washington  and  Sarah  (Griffin)  Williams,  of  Laurens  District,  South  Caro- 
lina. On  the  eleventh  day  of  Februar}-,  1852,  he  was  again  married  to  Mrs. 
Arianna  Living.ston,  of  Florida,  who  survived  him  and  died  in  I'lorida  some 
years  ago. 

On  the  eleventh  of  February,  1832,  ]\Ir.  Nance  united  with  the  Bajjtist 
church  at  Newberry,  and  in  1854  was  elected  one  of  the  deacons  of  that 
church.  This  office  he  continued  to  fill  until  his  death. — Reuiinisccnccs  of 
NciL'berry. 

Colonel  James  D.  Nance,  branch  above,  was  born  at  Newberry,  South 
Carolina,  on  the  tenth  of  October,  1837.  From  his  childhood  he  was  di.s- 
tinguished  for  his  truthfulness  and  ready  obedience  to  those  in  authority 
over  him.  He  received  his  school  education  at  Newberr}-,  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Citadel  Military  Academy,  of  Charleston. 

*  *  -s-  *  *  * 

In  1859  Colonel  Nance  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  began  the  practice 
of  law  at  Newberry.  His  prospect  for  success  in  his  profession  were  very 
promising,  but  his  career  as  a  lawyer  was  cut  short  by  the  "war  of  secession." 

In  the  winter  of  1S60-61,  he  was  unanimously  elected  captain  of  the 
"Quitman  Rifles,"  an  infantry  company  formed  in  Newberry,  and  after- 
wards incorporated  in  the  Third  Regiment  South  Carolina  Volunteers.  With 
his  company  he  repaired  to  Columbia,  South  Carolina,  in  April,  1861,  and 
was  mustered  into  the  ser^-ice  of  the  Confederate  states. 

At  the  age  of  seventeen,  Colonel  Nance  united  with  the  Baptist  church, 
at  Newberrv,  and  from  that  period  until  his  death,  amid  the  peaceful  pur- 
suits of  his  home  life  as  well  as  the  fiery  ordeals  of  his  military  career,  was 
distinguished  for  his  Christian  consistency. 

Like  his  great  leader,  General  Lee,  he  regarded  his  duty  to  God  as 
above  every  other  consideration.     A  member  of  his  company  relates,  that 


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having  been  ordered  to  proceed  by  railway  to  Colnmbia,  on  Sunday,  April 
12,  1861,  Captain  Nance,  after  the  compan}-  had  been  drawn  up  in  line  and 
was  ready  to  march  to  the  railway  station,  said  to  his  men  :  "  While  it  is 
our  dut}-  to  obey  our  orders  to  proceed  to  Columbia,  let  us  not  forget  that 
this  is  the  Sabbath  day."  The  same  gentleman  relates,  that  the  night  before 
the  storming  of  the  works  on  Maryland  Heights,  while  he  lay  awake,  at 
midnight,  his  mind  filled  with  deep  concern  and  anxiety  as  he  contemplated 
the  desperate  character  of  the  work  before  them  on  the  morrow,  he  heard 
the  subdued  voice  of  some  one  engaged  in  earnest  prayer.  After  listening 
intently  for  some  time,  he  recognized  the  voice  as  that  of  his  brave  and  faith- 
ful commander.  "The  effect  of  the  prayer  on  myself,"  said  the  gentleman, 
"  was  to  calm  and  quiet  my  mind,  and  I  was  enabled  under  its  sacred  influ- 
ence to  resign  myself  to  sleep."  Captain  Nance,  with  his  company,  was 
engaged  in  the  first  battle  of  Manassas. 

On  the  sixteenth  of  May,  1862,  upon  the  reorganization  of  the  third 
regiment  (the  time  of  enlistment  of  the  men  having  expired),  Captain  Nance 
was  elected  its  colonel,  a  position  for  which  he  was  eminently  fitted. 

As  colonel  he  connnanded  his  regiment  in  the  battles  of  Seven  Pines, 
Savage  Station,  Malcolm  Hill,  Maryland  Heights,  Sharpsburg,  Fredericks- 
burg (where  he  was  wounded),  Gettysburg,  Chickamauga,  Knoxville,  and 
the  Wilderness,  where,  on  the  sixth  of  Ma}-,  1864,  he  was  instantly  killed. 
His  bod}-  was  brought  home  and  kept  in  the  Baptist  church  all  night, 
guarded  l)y  furloughed  soldiers,  and  after  a  funeral  discourse  by  Rev.  J.  J. 
Brantly,  D.  D.,  the  next  day,  was  burie<l   in  Rosemont  cemetery,   where  a 

chaste  and  fitting  monument  now  mark  its  last  re.sting  place. 

****** 

I  think  it  was  generally  admitted  that  Colonel  Nance  was,  at  the  time 
of  his  death,  the  foremost  young  man  of  Newberry.  Although  he  was  only 
tw-enty-three  years  of  age  when  he  entered  the  army,  the  people  had  already- 
learned  to  trust  him  implicitly.     His  speeches,  both  in   the  court  room  and 

before  popular  assemblies,  were  fluent,  earnest,  and  effective. 

****** 

In  person  Colonel  Nance  was  a  handsome  man.  He  was  of  medium 
stature,  his  figure  erect  and  well  proportioned,  his  features  regular,  and  the 
habitual  expression  of  his  face  serene  and  pleasant.  In  his  manners  he  was 
courteous  and  dignified.  His  general  appearance  was  suggestive  of  great 
firmness  and  resolution.  His  engaging  social  qualities,  his  sound  judgment, 
his  transparent  honesty,  his  unselfish  patriotism,  his  high  sense  of  justice, 
his  unflinching  courage  and  devotion  to  duty,  and  his  excellent  Christian 
example,  combined  to  form  one  of  those  thoroughly  balanced  and  admirable 
characters  which  appear  only  at  long  inten-als  in  the  history  of  a  communit}-. 

IN  MEMORIAM. 


COLONEL  J.\MES  DRAYTON  N.A.NCE,  WHO  FELL  IN  THE 
WILDERNESS,  MAY  6,   1864. 

It  seems  to  me  impossible,  though  oft  that  dreadful  day. 
Came  soldiers  from  along  the  lines,  with  tidings  of  the  fray. 
And  all  agreed  that  thou  hadst  fallen,  death-smitten  in  the  wood. 
When  first  the  foe  was  turned  and  driven,  in  terror  and  with  l)]o()d. 


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Full  well  I  knew  the  dangers  of  that  dark,  entangled  place. 
For  thou  and  thine  were  thrust  in  front,  and  dashed  into  the  face 
Of  masked  l)attalions  linrr3'ing  on,  elate  with  victory, 
O'er  lines  of  men  who  ne'er  before,  were  known  to  yield  or  fly. 
The  yesterday  we  met  those  hordes,  with  our  own  little  band, 
And  broke  their  heavy  ranks,  and  drove  them  back  on  every  hand  ; 
But  now  at  morn  they  moved  upon  us  in  their  full  array, 
And  swept  the  bruised  and  wearied  line,  that  strove  to  stop  the  way. 
Lee,  stern  old  warrior,  stayed  the  fight,  and  Hill,  of  eagle  eye — 
Alas  :  to  small  effect,  for  it  seemed,  we  should  but  stand  to  die  ; 
Till  Longstreet  brought  his  close  brigades,  of  soldiers  fresh  and  l)ra\e. 
And  rushed  upon  the  foemen  like  a  stormy  ocean  wave. 
The  battle  joined,  the  opposing  cohnnns  met  in  deadly  shock. 
With  shout  and  shriek  and  roll  of  arms,  that  made  the  earth  to  rock  ; 
Charging  and  slaying,  till  foe  fell  back  on  every  side. 

And  thou  lay'st  down  in  victory's  arms,  and  sank,  and  sniik<l,  and  died. 

— From  Reminiscences  of  Nervberry. 

Colonel  Robert  R.  Nance,  limb  above,  was  born  in  1795,  grad- 
tiated  from  South  Carolina  college  in  18 13.  He  was  elected 
sheriff  of  Newberry  county  in  1S32.  He  removed  to  Alabama 
in  1S35. 

Frederick  Nance,  limb  above,  graduated  in  1S21.  Became  an 
attorney  at  law  in  Newberry. 

Sarah  Nance,  limb  above,  had  for  her  .second  husband,  Gen- 
eral John  King  Griffin,  for  many  years  a  member  of  Congress. 
Her  third  husband,  General  Daniel  Wallace,  was  also  a  member 
of  Congress  from  1848  to  1852.  He  was  the  father,  by  a  former 
marriage,  of  Judge  W.  H.  Wallace. 

Sarah  Dunlap,  branch  above,  was  married  to  her  step-brother, 
the  Judge  Wallace  named  above.  He  was  a  very  prominent 
jurist  and  politician. 

Ivcila  E.  Wallace  Addison,  branch  above,  whose  likeness  is 
shown  herewith,  is  a  daughter  of  Sarah  Nance  and  General 
Daniel  Wallace,  limbs  above.  She  is  therefore  half  sister  of 
Sarah  Dunlap  Wallace,  branch.  She  is  also  step-sister  to  Judge 
W.  H.  Wallace,  branch. 

Patrick  Calhoun  Caldwell  who  married  Frances  Nance,  limb 
above,  was  a  prominent  and  distinguished  lawyer  of  Newberry, 
for  many  years.  He  was  cousin  of  the  illustrious  statesman,  John 
Caldwell  Calhoun. 

Lucy  Baxter  Hunt,  twig  above,  is  the  wife  of  W.  B.  Hunt,  an 
attorney  of  Newberry.  Her  father,  Jas.  M.  Baxter,  was  also  an 
attorney  of  prominence,  who  left  the  law  for  the  army,  taking  the 
side  of  the  south,  and  becoming  a  major  and  later  lieutenant-colonel. 


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The  Nance  Memorial. 


Clement  Nance — Trunk  Two. 

With  his  brothers,  came  from  Amelia  couuty,  Virginia,  the 
place  of  their  birth,  to  Newberry,  South  Carolina,  soon  after  the 
close  of  the  Revolution.  He  lived,  died,  and  was  buried  here. 
He  left  one  son,  Frederick,  of  whom  the  author  knows  nothing. 
On    February    17,    1S12,   Clement   Nance,    of    Newberry,   South 


MRS.  LEILA  E.  WALLACE 

Branch. 


Carolina,  sold  one  hundred  acres  of  land  to  Wm.  Wilson,  of 
Pittsylvania  county,  Virginia,  the  land  being  in  said  county  and 
in  the  Nance  settlement  on  Cascade  and  Sugar  creeks. 

Robert  Nance — Trunk  Three. 

Lived,  died,  and  was  buried  at   Newberry,  South    Carolina. 
He  left  no  issue. 


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Erasmus  Nance— Trunk  Four. 

Spent  his  days  at  Newberry.     Nothing  more  is  known  of  him. 

Giles  Nance— Trunk  Five. 

Remained  in  Amelia  county,  Virginia,  the  county  of  the  birth 
of  the  members  of  the  family,  at  least  until  October  19,  1787,  for 
on  that  day  he  deeded  three  hundred  acres  to  John  Jones,  being 
of  Amelia  county  at  the  time.  He  deeded  nearly  six  hundred 
acres  in  1796,  being  then  a  citizen  of  Nottaway  county.  He 
deeded  other  lands  in  same  vicinity  in  1802  and  1809,  being  on 
these  dates  a  citizen  of  Wake  county,  North  Carolina.  He  had 
procured  one  thousand  five  hundred  and  seventy-four  acr^s  of 
land  by  patent,  from  the  government,  December  i,  1779,  also 
located  on  Cascade  and  Sugar  creeks. 

William  Howe  Nance— Trunk  Six. 

Is  supposed  to  have  been  named  for  his  supposed  uncle  of  the 
same  name,  the  supposed  father  of  Clement  Nance,  the  head  of 
Part  I.  He  was  the  youngest  of  his  father's  children,  and  was 
bound  to  a  cruel  man,  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution,  and  at  the 
age  of  fifteen  years,  swam  the  Roanoke  river  in  mid-winter  and 
made  his  escape  to  Pittsylvania  county,  Virginia.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  married  Elizabeth  Venable  Morton,  and  some  years 
later  they  removed  to  Davidson  county,  Tennessee.  The  sketch 
of  "  Rural  Vale"  Homestead  below  will  continue  the  hi.story  of 
this  family  : 

SKETCH  OF  "RURAL  VALE"  HOMESTEAD. 

BY  BETHENIA  H.   NANCE. 

About  the  3'ear  1806-7,  there  came  out  from  Pittsylvauia  countv,  \'ir- 
i^inia,  to  the  fertile  basin  of  middle  Tennessee,  a  j'oung  man  with  his  wife  and 
two  small  children,  a  girl  and  a  bo}-.  They  came  full  of  hope  and  enterprise 
to  this  wonderfully  fertile  land  ;  came,  as  hundreds  of  people  from  \'irginia 
and  North  Carolina  came,  expecting  to  meet  with  privations  and  hardshii)s, 
yet  with  spirit  and  hope,  1)ent  upon  sharing  the  perils  and  glories  of  tlie 
then  new  west.  They  came  to  "Headwaters  of  Indian  Creek,"  and  lodged 
for  a  brief  time  in  a  settler's  calnn,  luckily  found  vacant  in  the  vicinity, 
until  possession  could  be  obtained  of  the  home  which  they  had  purchased. 

This  home,  on  which  was  a  rude  log  house  of  a  single  room,  the\- 
romantically  named  "Rural  Vale."  Soon  the  first  house  was  moved  to  tlie 
east  side  of  the  yard  for  a  cooking  kitchen  and  a  neat  log  room  of  a  story 
and  a  half  was  erected  in  its  place.  From  best  information,  this  was  luiilt 
about  1S09-10.  This  formed  the  nucleous  of  tlie  residence,  of  William  Howe 
Nance  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Venable  INIorton.     This  growing  family  soon 


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took  first  rank  in  all  the  country  side,  the  father  becoming,  by  act  of  the 
State  Legislature,  a  justice  of  the  peace  for  Davidson  county,  Tennessee, 
which  prominent  position  he  filled  for  twenty  years  prior  to  his  death.  It  is 
stated  l)y  his  1)rother  officers  that  there  was  never  an  appeal  taken  from  any 
judgment  of  his. 

When  these  sterling  Virginia-bred  people  came  from  their  home  beyond 
the  Blue  Ridge,  they  1)rought  along  the  faith  of  the  fathers,  and  in  1812  they 
aided  in  forming  the  Primitive  Baptist  church,  at  Concord,  three  miles  awav 
on  the  waters  of  Mill  Creek.  The  associations  thus  founded  weilded  a  wide 
influence,  the  whilom  justice  of  the  peace  becoming  also  the  pulpit  exhorter. 

His  children  were  schooled  early  in  the  habits  of  self-reliance  and 
accumulation.     S(j  noticeably  is  this  true  that  it  has  been  said  that,  "Where 


RURAi.  v.\i,K.'' 


ever  you  .see  a  Xance,  he  either  has  souiciliiiig,  or  he  is  at  work  to  get  .some- 
thing." 

When  the  eldest  .son,  Josiah,  was  twent^'-five  years  old,  he  married  his 
cousin,  Bethenia  Harden  Sneed,  who.se  father's  mother  was  Patsy  Nance, 
sister  to  David  Nance,  this  making  William  Howe  Nance  and  James  Sneed 
own  cou.sins.  When  Josiah  married  in  December,  1829,  his  father  gave  him 
fifty  acres,  more  or  less,  of  the  southeast  corner  of  his  land,  on  which  he 
settled  and  raised  his  family  of  twelve  children  and  fifteen  negroes. 

On  October  5,  1837,  William  Howe  Nance  died,  aged  fifty-eight  years, 
leaving  his  wife  and  children  in  possession  of  "Rural  Vale."  The  wife, 
having  the  assi.stance  and  coun.sel  of  her  eldest  son,  who  was  ever  .standing 
in  the  elder  brother's  place,  remained  at  her  home,  where  her  useful  busy 
life  had  been  such  a  benison  and  blessing  to  the  suffering  around  her,  until 


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her  health  failed.     The  rush  of  events  and  the  ever-growing  prospects  of  her 
family  brought  rapid  changes  to  the  old  home. 

*  *  *  x-  -x-  * 

The  fine  flowers  and  medical  plants  of  the  garden  are  things  only  of 
memory,  the  beautiful  white  balled  aspens,  underneath  which  the  genial 
'squire  held  his  rural  court,  are  hacked,  broken,  and  ragged,  what  few 
remain.  The  orchard  is  decaj-ed  and  dead,  the  shrubbery  that  witnessed  the 
love  scenes  of  the  bonny  maidens,  is  no  more,  the  sugar  trees  in  the  meadow 
have  been  destroyed  for  years.  How  heart-hungry  was  one,  the  youngest 
brother,  Frederick,  far  away  in  his  western  field  of  ministerial  labor,  for  jusl 
one  more  hour  beneath  their  grateful  shade. 

A  volume  could  be  written  of  the  biographies  of  those  who  made  uj)  the 
prosperous  household  of  "  Rural  Vale." 

The  grave  j-ard  on  the  hill  lies  in  peace  as  the  .seasons  come  and  go. 
The  turf  is  rarely  broken  now,  the  stones  .stand  silent  witnesses  to  the  lapse 
of  time  and  the  tender  memories  of  the  living.  The  slab  above  the  parents 
Iving  side  by  side  bears  thisj  cut  deep  in  the  stone  yet  filling  with  gray  moss: 

"  Depart  my  friends  and  dry  uj)  your  tears, 
For  we  nuist  lie  here  mitil  Christ  a])i)ears." 

The  children  are  named  in  the  table  below  a.s  limbs: 


IJMBS. 

Marv  .\.  Nance,  h. 
A.  Bush 


BR.\NCHHS. 


.Several  children. 


Josiah  C.  Nance,  \v. 
Bethenia  H.  .Sneed. 


Samuel,  died  youns; 
James,  died  young. 

Clement  W.,  w. 
Ann  Avant 


Klizabeth  M.,  h.,  d. 
Kid.  \Vm.  B.  Owen,  il. 


I   James,  w.,  1810-188.") 
Celia  R.  .\llen 


Martha  II..  h. 

Jas.  B.  .Sneed 

Antioch,  Tennessee. 


Virginia,  h. 

Win.  J.  Covington. 


T\vi(;s. 


J   Joshua  W..  <1. 
I    Eugenia  S..  d. 

r  Bethenia  'SI. 
!   James  C. 

Bettie  Mnllin. 
1^  Josiah  C. 


Pattie. 
Bethenia  P. 
Susie  V. 

Kdna  M. 

Delia  II. 

Josiah  \V. 
I    Sallie  V. 
I    Morton. 
I    Constanline. 


William,  killed  at  Perry- 

ville. 
Coustantine. 
Josiah  W.,  killed  at  Bell  s 

I.,anding,  1864. 
Nicholas  C,  died  young. 
Mary,  died  188'J. 
Bethenia  H., 

Mvirfreeshoro,  'Peun. 
Sue  M. 
[  .Sallie  P. 

I    I^iicile  ,S.,  h. 
B.  K.  Woodward  


Narsis.sa,  h. 
■]    Saltsman 

I    .'\nn.  h. 

[  D.  Smith 


S)  children. 


7  children. 


■j  8  children. 


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WILLIAM  HOWK  NANCK— Coulinutd. 


IJMBS. 


Clement  W.,  w. 
Aim  Avant  . . . . 


BRANCHES.  TWIGS. 

f  Annie. 
I    Maud  Bell. 
f  Montgomery  B ',    Maggie. 


I    Mary,  h. 

t.  Spillar.s  Hall 


f  Susan  M.,  h. 
A.  J.   Hamilton. 


Benjamin. 
1^  Milton. 


.hililreii. 


William  I,.  Nance,  wive.s 

Martha  Wilson -'    William 

Martha  Castleman. 
Martha  Pickard. 


Maggie  J.,  h. 
I   J.  Y.  Cooper. 


'   .Several  rhildren. 


Fannie 

John,     kilU-d     with      t'.tii. 
Price. 


Frederick  W.,  w. 
Mary  Rudolj)!!, 
Pomona,  California. 


Frederick  W.  Nance, wives 

Margaret  Shacklit i    Margaret  A.,  h. 

Eliz.  Whitsett.  Owen, 


Martha,  h. 
Philip  Malory. 


In  Illinois. 

Benj.  Franklin, 

Fresno,  California. 
George  and  Charles,  twins 

Ranchmen. 
James,    "l.ittle  Jim,     \\  illi 

Fannie. 


6  children. 


Susan  Ma.ssey,  h. 
Isaac  Paul 


Elizabeth,  h. 

Sam'l  Kimbro 

Sicily,  h. 

James  Murrell 

America  I^ucinda,  h. 
J.  J.  S.  Billings 

Antoinette,  M.,  h. 
Gen.  Jas.  Matlock.  .. 


.  f  Martha  F).,  h. 
J    Ira  P.  Jones 

(  5  other  children. 

'    11  children. 


4  children. 


f  A.  'rilnian  Jones. 

I 

1    Ira  P.  Jones,  Jr., 

1       Nashville,  Tennessee. 


1  children. 


2  children,  d. 


Elder  Josiah  Crenshaw  Nance  was  born  in  Virginia,  in  Febru- 
ary, 1804  ;  died  in  exile,  banished  by  the  cruel,  unnecessary  order 
of  the  federal  authorities,  November  i,  1865.  A  loyal  son,  in  his 
youth  the  stay  of  his  parents  ;  elected  captain  of  state  militia  ; 
married  his  cousin,  Bethenia  H.  Sneed,  granddaughter  of  Patsey 
Nance  Sneed,  December  i,  1829.  He  was  ordained  a  minister  in 
the  Primitive  Baptist  church  in  1830,  and  served  his  church  for 
thirty-five  years.  He  was  imprisoned  by  order  of  Andrew  John- 
son, in  1862-3.  Faithful  unto  the  end  in  all  things.  "When 
Christ  who  is  our  life  shall  appear,  then  shall  we  also  appear  with 
him  in  glory." 

Elizabeth  Morton  Nance,  branch,  was  born  in  Davidson  county, 
Tennessee,  December  30,  1832.     She  died  at  her  home,  May  12, 


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1900,  aged  sixty-seven  years.  Klder  William  Branch  Owen  was 
born  in  Halifax  county,  Virginia,  June  29.  1825.  They  were 
married  March  8,  i860,  and  at  once  took  up  their  home  near 
Walter  Hill,  a  suburb  of  Murfreesboro,  Tennessee,  where  they 
continued  to  reside  during  a  long  life.  For  many  years  Mr.  Owen 
was  a  prominent  minister  in  the  Primitive  Baptist  church. 


MRS.    JOSIAH    C.    NANCE.  KINDER   JOSIAH   C.    NANCE. 


This  marriage  was  bles.sed  with  two  children,  a  son  and  a 
daughter.  As  these  dear  children  reached  the  ages  respectively 
of  .sixteen  and  fourteen  years,  and  while  away  at  .school,  they 
were  both  stricken  down  by  death,  and  a  happy  household  was 
made  desolate.  They  died,  one  on  the  fourteenth  and  the  other 
on  the  fifteenth  of  April,  18S3,  and  together  were  laid  to  rest  in 
the  cold,  cold  ground. 


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Mrs.  Owen  was  of  a  kind,  gentle,  and  quiet  disposition.  Born 
in  a  Christian  home  and  nurtured  under  sweet  Christian  influ- 
ences, she  developed  a  decided  Christian  character.  She  was  a 
devoted  wife,  a  fond  mother,  an  affectionate  sister,  and  a  kind 
and  obliging  neighbor.  She  was  a  woman  of  force  and  character 
who  always  did  what  she  thought  was  right. 

She  died  in  the  full  triumphant  faith  in  Christian  religion. 

"  Only  the  actions  of  the  just 
Smell  sweet  and  blossom  in  the  dust." 

Elder  Owen  sur- 
vived his  wife  some- 
thing over  two  years, 
dying  September  22, 
1902.  He  was  one  of 
the  oldest  and  most 
respected  citizens  of 
the  county. 

William  Nance, 
branch,  was  born 
April  3,  1834  ;  killed 
at  Perryville,  Ken- 
tucky, October,   1862. 

Josiah  W.  Nance, 
branch,  was  born 
December  11,  1837. 
Was  captain  of  .scouts 
in  General  Forest's 
command,  in  1862,  3 
and  4.  He  was  be- 
trayed while  bearing 
important  papers,  and 
.shot  to  death  by  the 
Union  forces,  June  10, 
1864.  The  following 
letter   speaks    of    the 

brothers  above : 

Nashville,  Tennessee,  July  31,  1903. 

Miss  Bethenia  H.  Nance,  Murfree.sboro,  Tennessee. 

Dear  Miss  Nance  :  I  received  your  letter  of  July  date,  asking  of  nu-  a 
sketch  of  your  two  brothers,  William  Nance  and  Josiah  W.  Nance,  two 
young  men  who  were  members  of  my  original  company  I  of  the  2nd  Ten- 
nessee infantry  regiment  of  the  Confederate  states  army.  My  first  recollec- 
tion of  seeing  your  two  brothers  was  when  they  came  to  Nashville   from 


JOSHUA   W 


AND   EUGENIA   S.    OWEN 
Twigs. 


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Murfreesboro  about  the  first  of  May,  iS6i,  and  enlisted  in  my  old  company 
when  we  were  encamped  in  the  fair  grounds  at  Nashville,  just  before  leav- 
injj:  for  Virginia.  They  were  attractive,  gainly  looking  young  men.  While 
under  my  immediate  command,  which  was  for  the  first  year  of  the  war  and 
until  after  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  they  were  model  soldiers.  Intelligent,  cour- 
ageous, of  good  habits,  and  always  ready  and  willing  for  duty.  They  were 
upright,  moral,  and  discreet  young  men.  They  were  generally  found 
together  in  and  out  of  camps.  I  never  knew  two  more  devoted  brothers. 
They  were  so  sedate  and  dignified  that  the  boys  in  the  company,  by  way  of 
distinction  and  in  pleasantry,  called  William  "the  doctor,"  and  J.  W.  "  the 
judge."  They  were  under  me  during  the  fighting  at  Accjuia  Creek  and  llie 
Ijattles  of  P.ull  Run  and  Shiloh.     I  was  then  separated  from  niv  old  rcgimrnl 


MISS   BETHENIA   H.    NANCE 
Branch. 

until  it  became  a  part  of  my  division  late  in  the  war.  :Mean\vhile,  William 
Nance  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Perr^-A-ille.  After  his  death  J.  W.  Nance 
was  transferred  to  cavalrv  ( I  do  not  know  to  what  immediate  connnand),  and 
was  killed  in  battle,  June  lo,  1S64,  under  Forest.  As  patriots  these  two 
brothers  became  soldiers  in  defense  of  their  country.- as  .soldiers  they  died 
in  defense  of  their  country,  and  are  to-day  numbered  among  the  martyrs 
who  gave  up  their  lives  in  defense  of  the  just  and  righteous  cause  of  our 
southland.  Very  respectfully  and  truly  yours, 

Wm.  15.  Bate. 


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Bethenia  H.  Nance,  author,  poet,  and  educator,  was  l)orn  in 
Davidson  countj^  Tennessee,  and  has  spent  most  of  her  life  in  the 
same  county.  As  a  teacher  she  spent  years  in  Fulton,  Kentucky, 
and  also  in  Hamburg,  Mississippi,  and  other  places. 

Some  years  since  her  brother-in-law.  Elder  Wm.  B.  Owen, 
who,  with  his  family  appears  above,  died  intestate,  leaving  her 
by  will,  a  fine  country  seat  near  Murfreesboro,  Tennessee.  Here 
she  is  spending  her  days  in  comparative  affluence. 

Cousin  Bethenia  has  been  an  inspiration  to  the  author,  show- 
ing much  love  for  the  family  and  name  as  is  seldom  found.  She 
became  acquainted  with  our  family  by  meeting  Mrs.  Governor 
Nance  on  an  overland  train  from  California,  some  years  since. 
She  has  been  quite  a  favorite  among  our  people  who  have  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  her.  The  author  here  expresses  the  hope 
that  our  lines  may  verge  some  day. 

The  reader  is  indebted  to  cousin  for  "Rural  Vale,"  and  all 
that  is  connected  therewith. 


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CHAPTER  I 


William  Nance. 

Nothing  is  known  of  the  ancestry  of  this  William,  except  that 
an  old  grandmother  in  the  family  was  under  the  impression  that 
his  father  was  Richard  Nance.  This,  however,  is  uncertain. 
Richard  Nance,  head  of  Chapter  IV.,  had  a  son,  William,  but  the 
name  Reuben  does  not  appear  among  his  seven  sons. 

This  particular  William  had  several  sons,  and  the  names  remem- 
bered being  Clement,  John,  and  Reuben.  Nothing  is  known  of 
Clement  or  John.  Clement  may  be  the  head  of  Part  I.  The 
author  is  inclined  to  believe  he  is.  First,  because  they  each  had 
William  for  father.  Second,  because  they  came  from  same  part 
of  Virginia  ;  Clement,  of  Part  I.,  living  in  the  extreme  southwest 
part  of  Pittsylvania  county,  and  Reuben  coming  from  Henry  county , 
adjoining  Pittsylvania  on  the  west.  Third,  from  the  striking 
resemblance  of  the  two  families  to  the  present  day.  Fourth, 
from  dates.  Clement,  of  Part  I.,  had  children  born  as  early  as 
1776,  and  Reuben  had  one,  not  his  first,  born  about  1780.  Thus 
their  father  or  fathers  were  born  not  far  from  1730.  John  may 
be  the  head  of  Chapter  V. 

Reuben  Nance,  the  remaining  son,  and  trunk  of  the  family 
below,  lived  in  Patrick  and  Henry  counties,  Virginia.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1779,  he  was  made  second  lieutenant  of  Captain  Brice 
Martin's  company,  from  Henry  county,  and  he  resided  in  Henry 
county  in  1782.  He  was  a  neighbor  and  intimate  friend  of  Pat- 
rick Henry.  Upon  his  return  from  the  convention  for  the 
adoption  of  the  Federal  Constitution,  Patrick  Henry  said  toMr. 
Nance,  that  it,  the  Constitution,  would  prove  a  road  of  sand. 

His  first  wife  was  Anna  Williams,  who  bore  him  fourteen 
children.  The  second  wife  was  Nancy  Brown,  and  she  was  the 
mother  of  thirteen  children,  thus  rounding  out  twenty-seven 
children  for  Reuben,  and  giving  him  the  blue  ribbon  for  the 
largest  family  of  the  name  as  far  as  the  author  has  ever  heard. 


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The  entire  twenty-seven  are  said  to  have  been  reared,  and  most 
of  them  married,  but  only  the  names  of  eleven  have  come  to  the 
author.     O,  that  we  might  have  the  other  sixteen. 

Nearly  all  emigrated  to  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Georgia,  North 
Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Florida,  and  Alabama,  in  their  wilder- 
ness state,  having  to  meet  and  deal  with  the  savages. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  interesting  families  the  author  has 
studied,  because  of  the  possibilities  above,  and  its  complications 
below. 

Peyton  Skipper  Nance,  liml),  and  one  of  the  twenty-seven, 
married  his  first  cousin.  Miss  lileanor  Nance  Simms.  Their 
daughter,  Mary  Anne,  married  Spottswood  A.  Nance,  twig  in  the 
Richard  Nance  family.  Chapter  IV.  (There  is  no  evidence  but 
the  name  that  they  were  of  kin.)  Then  their  son,  Spottswood 
A.,  junior,  married  his  first  cousin  on  his  father's  side.  Miss 
lantha  A.  Nance.  And  further,  Miss  Kleanor  Nance  Simms  is 
said  to  have  had  two  sisters  who  married  two  brothers  of  the  said 
Peyton  Skipper  Nance. 

Nothing  is  known  of  the  family  of  these  Simms  sisters.  Their 
mother  must  have  been  a  sister  of  Reuben.  This  opens  up  other 
possibilities.     What  a  field  for  a  genealogist  with  time  and  money. 

Very  little  is  known  of  the  relative  ages  of  these  twenty-seven 
children.  Joseph  was  of  the  older  set.  John  was  his  full  brother. 
Stephen  was  of  the  younger  and  a  half-brother.  All  else  is  con- 
jecture, or  guess.  The  known  names  of  the  twenty-seven  are 
given  below  as  limbs  : 

Joseph,  William,  Clement,  Bird, 

Isham,  John,  Kdmond,  Lessenby, 

Peyton  Skipper,  Reuben,  Stephen. 

Joseph,  limb.  Dr.  A.  L,.  Nance,  Gainesville,  Georgia,  writes 
of  him  : 

I  recollect  two  of  my  grandfather's  brothers,  both  from  Tennessee,  Aisit- 
ing  him  at  the  same  time.  Uncle  Joseph  was  the  older,  a  brother,  and  1  ncle 
Stephen  the  younger  one,  a  Baptist  minister,  a  half-brother. 

William  Nance,  limb.  His  descendants  below  know  very 
little  about  him,  except  that  his  father  was  named  Reuben,  and 
that  he  came  to  Tennessee  from  Virginia  or  North  Carolina,  set- 
tling in  Henry  county.  They  remember  his  having  one  brother 
named  Bird,  or  Captain  Bird,  and  another  named  Reuben.  He 
was  the  father  of  six  children  named  below  as  branches : 


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BRANCHES.  TWIGS.  BUDS. 

'  Marv,  h, 

Chas.  McCIosky f  Hattie. 

■(   Frank. 
Elmira  Frances,  h. 

John  McDole (    Elizabeth. 

■)   Thos.  J. 
Jas.  I^afavette,  w. 
Rebecca  "Tovvnley (   ji^rbert. 


Bl,OSSOMS. 


Martin  Xance,  w. 

EHz.  Chisenhall ^ 

L,ived   in  Illinois;  died 

in  Tennessee. 


Thos.  Jefferson,  killed  at 

ChickaiTiaitga. 
Win.  Joseph, 

Taylorville,       Illinois. 

Never  married. 
John  Henry, 

Wind.'ior,      Illinois. 

Never  married. 


( 


Eld.    Andrew     Jackson, 

1846.  w. 
Sarah  Alice  Tolen 


t  Winfield  Scott,  died  at  21 

Patrick,  of  whom   noth- 
ing is  known.  f  Wm.  Henry  Nance 

Taladega,  Alabama. 


Joseph  Nance. 


Cordelia  Alice.  Ii. 

d.  1900 
B.  F.  Brjant 

Dora  Belle,  h. 
Kd.  Y.  Piickett... 

Mary  Kosella,  h. 
Einmctt  Wacaser. 

Wilford  Oscar,  w. 
Ethyl  Birch. 

[  Violet  Sylva. 


No  issue. 


(    Paiil. 

-'   Clendale. 

(   Eva  Iriiie. 


Jas.  W.  Nance,  w. 
Hunt 


Martha  J.,  h. 

Dr.  T.  G.  Black 

Clayton,  Illinois. 


Andrew  Jackson. 


Tabitha  J.,h. 

Wadley 

Nashville,  Tennessee. 


Thos.  Jefferson . 


1 


ClifTonl  M. 


Mary,  h. 
Spear  . 


I    .Sam'l  Joseph 

t      Robertson  Fork,  Tenn. 


U'ni.  H.  Nance,   w. 
I.oiiise  G.  Rodgers.    ( 

J.  J.  Nance. 

Jas.  W..  Jr..  w. 
I.,aura  Rodgers. 

Jonathan,  w. 
I    Ivugeiie  Rodgers, 
I        Helena,  Ark. 

Turner  II., 

Talladega,  .Ma. 
Ruth  Nance. 
I^ewis  J. 

Rev.  Walter  B.^ 
t       China. 

r  Edward. 
I   Joseph. 
!    Mary. 
I    Briggs. 
I    Hattie. 
t  Wells. 

(    Finis  K. 
I   John  J. 

f  Saml  B. 
J    Effie  A. 

Marq. 
[  Julia. 

Belle. 
Hall. 
Jennie. 

'  Alexander     Camp- 
bell. 
Henry  Clay, 
Topeka.  Kan. 

Mary  Phoebe,  h. 

'—  McGinley, 

Topeka,  Kan. 

Albert. 
I,ulu. 


f  Ja  ni  es    R. 


Nance. 
McComl). 

Mi.ss. 

[William 
Iv  Nance,  a 

.son  of 
James  R.] 


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WIIJJAM  NANCK— Continued. 

BRANCHES.  TWICS.  HUDS.  BLOSSOMS. 

f   ''■•;"^-  J-    •- *    Kva. 

I.awsoii,  Mo.  ( 


Reuben  Nance (    Jeffer.';on  Anizi.  w.,  lS2;i     | 

■/    Matilda  Aberiiathy -',    loli"  B. 

Excelsior     Spring.s 
Henry,  nothing   known.  Mis.souri. 

Talbith,  nothing  known 


Wilkins  B. 
Mary  (Diincan). 
Martha  (Wright). 


The  above  family  are  badly  scattered,  being  found  in  Alabama, 
Arkansas,  California,  Illinois,  Kansas,  Mississippi,  Missouri, 
Tennessee,  and  Texas.  One  is  in  China,  a  missionary  of  the 
Cross.  From  what  the  author  knows  of  them,  they  are  a  superior 
family,  devoted  to  their  kindred,  and  above  all,  to  their  God,  and 
the  church  of  which  they  are  members.  As  far  as  known  they 
are  members  of  the  Christian  church.  He  has  had  much  corre- 
spondence with  J.  A.  Nance,  twig  above,  of  Excelsior  Springs, 
Missouri.  He  saw  my  name  in  one  of  our  church  papers,  and 
wrote  asking  if  I  were  a  son  of  his  uncle,  Martin,  who  had 
removed  from  Tennessee  to  Illinois  at  an  early  day,  and  had  been 
lost  to  his  family.  About  the  same  time,  the  author  saw  the 
name  of  Elder  A.  J.  Nance,  twig  above,  in  one  of  our  church 
papers.  He  wrote  to  him,  and  to  his  surprise  he  said  his  father 
was  Martin  Nance ;  that  his  father  left  his  kin  in  Tennessee  at  an 
early  day  and  came  to  Illinois.  Thus  he  was  enabled  to  discover 
and  restore  first  cousins.  This  is  one  of  several  similar  instances 
that  has  come  to  the  author.  These  cousins  have  become  fast 
friends.  The  above  cousins,  and  Samuel  Joseph,  a  cousin  to  each, 
all  so  much  resemble  our  family  that  they  will  be  taken  for  a 
Nance  wherever  found. 

Elder  A.  J.  Nance,  twig  above,  and  whose  likeness  appears 
herewith,  and  who  is  mentioned  in  the  sketch  below,  is  a  personal 
and  valued  friend  of  the  author.  It  is  a  great  pleasure  to  me  and 
my  family  to  entertain  him.  Anyone  would  know  he  was  a 
Nance,  by  his  looks  and  by  his  conversation.  We  are  frequently 
taken  for  brothers.  Claud  F.  Witty,  editor  of  the  Christian 
Helper,  Marshalltown,  Iowa,  hassent  the  following  tribute,  which 
is  much  better  than  could  have  been  prepared  by  the  author  from 
the  meager  material  on  hand  : 

Elder  A.  J.  Nance  was  born  June  19,  1846,  in  Shelby  county,  Illinois, 
where  he  grew  to  manhood.  His  boyhood  days  were  spent  on  a  farm,  where 
in  close  connnnnion  with  nature,  he  developed  not  only  a  strong,  healthy 
body  and  a  stronger  mind,  but  a  very  strong  character,  which  is,  no  doubt, 
the  index  to  the  great  success  he  has  had  in  his  chosen  field  of  labor,  namely 
the  Christian  ministry.     lie  having  begun  to  preach  soon  after  obeying  the 


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Savior  in  early  life.  A  careful  stiulj'  of  God's  word  convinced  him  thai 
Alexander  Campbell  and  the  pioneers  were  right  when  they  adopted  the 
motto,  "Speak  where  the  Bible  speaks,  and  be  silent  where  the  Hible  is 
silent."     But  his  strong  reasoning  powers  combined  with  liis  suj)remc  rcv- 


EtDER  A.   J.   NANCE 

Twig. 


erence  for  God  and  his  word,  have  shielded  him  from  the  follies  of  many 
others  who  have  adopted  the  same  motto.  For  a  number  of  years  Mr. 
Nance  has  occupied  a  prominent  po.sition  on  the  staff  of  the  Odographic 
Review,  published   at  Indianapolis,  Indiana.     He  has  baptized   more  than 


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four  thousand  people  with  his  own  hands,  and  has  traveled  from  Ohio  on 
the  east  to  the  Great  Salt  Lake  on  the  west.  Ivlder  Nance  is  a  deep  thinker, 
a  clear,  profound,  and  logical  reasoner  ;  has  the  courage  of  his  convictions  ; 
is  generous  in  all  matters  of  opinion,  hut  very  exacting  in  matters  of  faith  ; 
always  sees  the  bright  side  of  things,  and  is  one  of  the  most  entertaining 
men  it  has  been  our  good  fortune  to  meet. 

Jefferson  Amzi  Nauce,  twig  above,  was  born  in  Tennessee, 
November,  1823.  He  was  married  in  1846,  and  moved  to  Mis- 
souri in  1854,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since,  farming,  until  too 
old  for  active  work.  He  is  now  retired,  quite  feeble,  and  nearly 
eighty-one.  He  was  elder  in  the  Christian  church  for  many 
years.  His  son,  Thos.  J.,  has  been  elder  in  same  church  for 
many  years. 

Clement,  limb.     Nothing  is  known  of  him. 

Bird,  or  Captain  Bird,  limb,  an  old  gentleman,  died  in  Rich- 
mond, Missouri,  some  years  since,  aged  about  ninety.  He  was 
too  old  to  write  or  to  remember  much  distinctly,  when  the  author 
first  learned  of  him.  Jefferson  Amzi  Nance,  twig  of  the  table 
above,  of  Excelsior  Springs,  Missouri,  used  to  visit  him,  and  they 
claimed  kinship,  but  could  not  be  certain.  Now  it  is  certain. 
Captain  Bird  said  there  were  twenty-one  boys  and  seven  girls  in 
the  twenty-eight. 

Isham  Nance,  limb.     Nothing  is  known  of  him. 

John  Nance,  limb.  His  wife  was  Christiana  Ryan.  He  was 
the  father  of  nine  children,  named  below  as  branches.  He  was  a 
son  of  the  first  wife  of  his  father.  He  died  during  the  civil  war, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-four,  and  therefore  must  have  been  born 
about  1780.  (This  is  the  only  date  giving  indication  what  time 
of  the  world's  history  these  twenty-seven  lived).  Dr.  A.  L. 
Nance,  Gainesville,  Georgia,  has  given  me  all  I  have  as  to  this, 
his  grandfather.     Georgia  has  ever  been  their  home. 

BRANCHES.  TWIGS  BUDS.  BI^OSSOMS. 

Reuben t   Joseph. 

(    Patrick.  f  Wesley  B.,  w. 

Eva  Hughes.  .  (    ^]„        ^^^ 

Gainesville,  Ga.      (  ■' 

Alice  C.  h. 

F.H.  PfefTer      ....   j   fredric  D. 
Mankato,    Minn.    ( 

Mar\'in.     on     the 
lecture  platform. 

Maude,  h. 

Trotter, 

Chattanooga, 

Tennes.see. 


John  Wesley,  w. 
Susan  L,ampkin. 


Madi.son,  died  during  the 

civil  war.  L      (M.  K.  S 

.Su.saii. 
Nancy. 
,Sarah. 
Nicy. 
Elizabeth. 
Mary. 


r  Dr.  .\lnion  t,.  Nance,  w. 

Mary  M.  Camp 

Gainesville,  Georgia. 


Alice  A.  C,  h. 

Kev.  .\.  W.  Williams. 


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Dr.  Almou  Lewis  Nance,  twig  above,  was  born  in  Jackson 
county,  Georgia,  October  17,  1841.  He  entered  the  State  Uni- 
versity, at  Athens,  Georgia,  in  1858,  where  he  remained  until 
the  beginning  of  the  civil  war,  completing  the  Freshman,  Sopho- 
more, and  Junior  courses.  At  the  first  call,  he,  with  two-thirds 
of  his  class,  enlisted  in  the  first  company  that  left  Athens,  April, 
1 86 1.  He  remained  to  the  close  of  the  war,  surrendering  at 
Appomatox,  in  1865.  Space  forbids  the  mentioning  of  many 
interesting  events  in  this  four  years  of  strife,  but  I  must  mention 
one  instance  which  shows  what  material  the  doctor  is  made  of. 
Once,  on  the  march  along  side  of  General  L,ongstreet,  the  general 
said  to  the  doctor  :  "That  which  you  and  your  fourteen  comrades 
did  at  Crampton  Gap,  or  South  Mountain,  virtually  saved  the 
Virginia  army  from  annihilation." 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  Mr.  Nance  chose  medicine  as  a  pro- 
fession, and  graduated  at  the  Philadelphia  University  of  Medicine 
and  Surgery,  in  1868.  He  has  stood  at  the  head  of  the  profes- 
sion in  Georgia  as  a  general  practitioner,  but  for  the  last  few 
years  has  devoted  almost  all  his  time  to  rectal  troubles  or  diseases, 
enjoying  a  reputation  in  the  south  not  equalled  by  any  other  in 
this  line  of  practice. 

In  1894  he  was  elected  secretary  of  state  as  a  reformer.  He 
is  considered  one  of  the  ablest  men  in  the  state  on  the  financial 
questions  of  the  day.  The  doctor  has  promised  pictures  of  his 
grandfather,  father,  himself,  his  son,  and  his  grandson  for  this 
work  but  they  have  not  arrived. 

Wesley  Berry  man  Nance,  bud,  the  son,  like  his  father  and 
grandfather,  is  a  great  philanthropist,  noted  for  his  goodness, 
being  loved  by  both  rich  and  poor. 

Edmond,  limb.     Nothing  is  known  of  him. 

Lessenby,  limb.     Nothing  is  known  of  him. 

Peyton  Skipper  Nance,  limb.  He  married  his  first  cousin. 
Miss  Eleanor  Nance  Simms.  He  was  a  prominent  Primitive 
Baptist  minister.     His  seven  children  are  named  below  as  branches: 


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BRANCHES. 
Caroline,  h. 
W.  W.  Woirel. 

Martha,  h. 
I),  Kagan. 


Mary  Anne,  h. 
Spotswood  A.  Nance. 


Oney,  li. 
Joe  I^etiford. 

Reuben. 

Peyton  Walker. 


Dr.  Jeptha  Greenberry, 
Gracej-,  Kentucky. 

Reuben,  limb. 

Stephen,  limb, 
minister. 

,  limb,  one 

He  married  a  Miss 
as  branches : 


TWIGS. 


Spotswood  A.,  Jr.,  w. 

lantlia  A.  Nance 

Dallas,  Texas. 


2d  w.  I,\icy  A.  Patton  . 


Jolin  Peyton,  w. 

Margaret  Trice 

Big-  Rock,  Tennessee. 


Mary  Augusta,  h. 

H.  C".  Ricliards 

llopkinsville,   Kentucky 


Oney  I^.,  h. 
J.  J.'Mabry. 


Pjnnia  l-"urest,  li. 
W.  T.  I,edford.  .. 


BIDS. 
Mary,  h. 
C.  A.  Malony, 
Dalla.s,  Texas. 

Virgie  A.,  h. 
C.  H.  Garri.son, 
Khyan,  Indian  Territo'y 

Margaret,  h. 
J,  P.  Dixson, 

Enid,  Oklahoma. 

Nicholas  E.,  1881. 
Spotswood  B. ,  1887.      . 

John  Albert,  1902. 

Mary  K. 

Minnie  O.,  h, 
N.  Duncan. 

Spotswood  B.,  w. 
Kate  Kodgers. 

Havwood  C. 
Molly. 


j   6  children, 

I       Bardwell,  Kentucky. 

f  7  children, 

(  Paducah,  Kentucky. 


J   Mollie  Earle, 

(       Madisonville,  Kentucky 


Nothing  is  known  of  him. 

He  is  one  of  the  3'ounger  set  and  a  Baptist 

of  the  twenty-seven,  but  his  name  is  forgotten. 
Ingram.     Their  seven  children  are  given  below 


bkanchp:s. 


Thomas,  1822,  w. 
Elizabeth  Shackelford. 


John. 

Clement. 

Jack, son. 

Bird. 

Elizalieth. 

Sallie. 


TWIGS. 

William,  w. 

Kli/.a  Craven 

Savannah,  Mi-s,soun, 

2d  w.  Miss  E.  Stevenson . 


P'rank,  w. 

Jennie  E.  Morris 

Savannah,  Missouri. 


Bros. 

Allie,  h. 

J.  W.  Gibson. 

Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Arthur  G. 
Loraine. 

Pauline,  h. 
W,  Madgett, 
Hastings,  Nebraska. 

Elizabeth  E.,  h, 
^   J.  I.  Warner, 

St.  Joe,  Missouri. 

Sydney  G. 
L,awrence  F. 
Helen  M. 


Frank,  twig  above,  has  given  me  all  I  know  of  this  family. 
He  is  a  banker  at  Savannah,  Missouri,  being  president  of    the 

He  began  life  as  a  station  agent  for  the  Kan- 


Exchange  Bank 


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sas  City  and  St.  Joseph,  and  Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy 
railways.  He  was  a  grocer  twenty  years,  then  took  to  banking. 
William,  twig  above,  has  been  agent  for  the  Chicago,  Burling- 
ton and  Quincy  railroad  at  Savannah,  Missouri,  for  forty  years. 
His  son,  Arthur,  bud,  is  assistant  agent. 

BRANCHES.  TWICS.  BUDS. 

Fred  Nance J  \  John. 

Father   not   known,  but    /    Janie.s s    Robert. 

one  of  the -.iT.  I  Jame.s.  ,,,.„„ 

F.iigmeers  \V.  A.  R.  R. 

Atlanta,  Georgia. 

(   Harvey (   F'.dwanl  Nance, 

I  ■  (       F;vansville,  Indiana. 

Fleming  Nance -I    William. 

Father  not   known,   but    | 

oneot'the27.  [Monroe  (   I.aura,  h 

I    Rhodes  Hill, 

Atlanta,  Georgia. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 


Richard  Nance — Trunk. 

Was  born  (perhaps),  about  1714  ;  his  wife  was  Mary.  He  no 
doubt  went  from  Dinwiddle,  to  Bedford  county,  Virginia,  as  his 
sons,  Nathaniel  and  Thomas  came  from  that  county.  He  prob- 
ably spent  his  declining  years  with  his  son,  Thomas,  as  the  Bed- 
ford records  show  that  on  March  27,  1780,  he  deeded  eight  (8) 
negroes  and  all  other  real  and  personal  property  to  his  son,  Thomas. 

The  children  of  Richard  and  Mary  Nance,  were  Elizabeth, 
who  married  William  Jones,  and  had  one  child,  Mary  Jones,  who 
married  John  Bates,  November  10,  1774.  She  was  born  Septem- 
ber 25,  1749,  and  was  left  to  the  care  of  her  grandparents,  Rich- 
ard and  Mary  Nance. 

Richard  and  Mary  Nance  were  also  the  parents  of  three  sons, 
William,  Nathaniel,  and  Thomas. 

Nothing  further  is  known  as  to  the  family  of  Elizabeth  Nance 
and  William  Jones. 

Nathaniel  was  a  planter  in  Dinwiddle  county,  and  appears  to 
have  remained  there.     Nothing  is  known  as  to  his  posterity. 

The  other  two  children  are  given  as  limbs,  or  heads  of  the 
tables  below. 

William  Nance — Limb  Two. 

Was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  a  Hawkins.  She  bore 
him  two  sons,  Hawkins  and  Mourning,  and  three  daughters. 
Nothing  is  known  as  to  any  of  these  live  branches. 

His  second  wife  was  Mary  Thorpe  Hoard,  widow,  whom  he 
married  in  1 784.  They  were  the  parents  of  six  children,  branches. 
Thomas,  Joel,  Paschal,  Mary  M.  (Ryan),  and  Elizabeth  (Bocock), 
it  is  said  settled  in  Kentucky,  near  Roaring  Springs,  Triggs 
county.  Paschal  never  married.  Thomas  and  Joel  each  reared 
a  large  family,  it  is  said.  Mary  had  no  children.  Nothing  is 
known  as  to  the  family  of  Elizabeth. 


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John  is  the  remaining  son,  or  branch.  He  remained  in  Bed- 
ford county,  Virginia,  caring  for  his  mother  in  her  old  age.  He 
was  born  in  1790  and  died  in  1846.  His  wife  was  Martha  Estes. 
They  were  first  cousins,  their  mothers  being  sisters.  They  were 
the  parents  of  fifteen  children,  those  growing  up  are  named  below 
as  twigs  : 


TWIGS. 


BUDS. 


Thaddeus  C,  w. 
Sallie  Johnson.. 


f  Wm.  P.,  w. 
I    Sarah  P.  Cheatwood  . . 
Boonsboro,  Virginia. 


Thos.  W.,  w. 
Mr.s.  Phelp.s 

Elisha,  w. 
Miss  Hancock. 


I 


Sarah. 

McHenry,  18.")2.  w. 

Mildred  M.  Peters 

Davis  Mills,  Virginia. 


Spotswood  A.,  Jr.,  w. 

lantha  A.  Nance  

Dallas,  Texas. 


Spotswood  A.,  w. 
Mary  Anne  Nance 

(See  page  310  for  this 

family  in  full.) 


BI^OSSOMS.  KKUIT. 

Russell  C,  w. 

Martha  Wells )  James  W. 

Clarksville,  Mo.     (    Frances    P. 

L,ulu  Preston,  P. 
Mary  l,eighlon. 

Lillian  Vernon ,  B.  h . 
-    Wm.  Macafee  Guy  j    .  ^   „ 

Paynesville,  Mo.    (    ^^^^^  "■  '  • 

Julia  Reese  H. 

Florence  R.  T.,  h. 

Oscar  DeMott J   May    Amo- 

Washington.D.C.   (       nette. 

!   Several  children. 

•j   Several  children. 

f  Thaddeus  H. 
George  R. 
Susan  C. 
Hubert  A. 
Henry  K. 
Oscar  I,. 

Mary,  h. 
C.  A.  Malony, 
Dallas,  Texas. 

Virgie  A.,  h. 
C.  H.  Garrison, 
Rhyan,  I.  T. 

Margaret,  h. 
J.  P.  Dixson, 

Enid,  Oklahoma. 

Nicholas  E.,  1881.^ 
^  Spotswood  B.,  1887. 


2d  w.  I^ucy  A.  Patton. 
Four  families. 


J 


John  Albert.  1902. 


Celia  (Burnett) .(  1,5  children. 

Mary  (.Wade) I   n  children. 

L,uciuda  (Wade) 


Edwin,  w. 
Snow 


8  children. 

Mary. 
Elizabeth. 
George, 
Roaring  Springs,  Ky 

Alexander. 

Kate. 

Belle. 

Black. 

Triplett. 


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WILLIAM  NANCE— Continued. 


TWIGS. 


Albert,  w. 
Wliitten 


BUDS. 


BI^CSSOMS. 


Alice. 
John. 


I    Mary 


KHzabeth. 
Abiier, 

Hunker  Hill,  \'irginia. 
Albert. 


Eliza  i Wade) .f  j.;,,,,,,,^ 


Benj.  Kste.s,  w.,  18;W-iyU2 
Elizabeth  Tin.sley 


Martha,  h. 
Wright. 


Margaret  E.stes,  h. 
Jordon . 


Franklin,  Mo. 


;■-• 


children. 


(   I.eslie  P. 
Menj.  N. 
I^nura,  h.  I    Prewitt  B. 

P.  II.  Burton -I    Reginald. 


Emma  (Wright), 
Stewart.sville,  Mo. 

Thorpe  Hoard,  w. 
McCabe 


[       P'ranklin,  Mi.s.souri. 

j    Ros.seau. 
(    Gordon. 

lantha  Adelia,  h. 
S.A.Nance.     (vSee  above 
for  family. ) 

Mackie. 
Waller. 
Albon. 

Kate. 


Wayne. 
I  Kns.sell. 
t  p'.stherline. 


2d  vv.  Pots., 


John  F.,  w.,  1840 
Peters 


Davis  Mills,  Virginia. 


Benjamin. 

f  Gypsy. 

I.,illian. 

Grady. 

I^ucie. 

Albert  W.,  w. 

Willie. 

John. 

Wilber. 

Cleon. 

Kate. 

[  Richard 

Wilber  A.,w. 

•'^'^"''^ge" {   ElkinsW„Va, 


Mary  P).,  h. 
lyeftwich 


William  James. 


Robert  E.,  single. 
Sarah  E.,  single. 


FKIIT 


The  Burnett  family,  above,  moved  to  Gentry  and  De  Kalb 
counties,  Missouri,  in  i86S.  The  Wrights  went  to  Gentry  county 
in  1857. 

Benjamin  Esles  Nance,  twig  above,  was  born  in  Bedford 
county,  Virginia,  February  17,  1830.  He  died  at  his  home, 
Wheatland  Farm,  near  New  Franklin,  Howard  county,  Missouri, 
May  22,  1902.  He  was  ninth  in  a  family  of  fifteen  children. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Tiusley,  in  his  native  state,  in 
i8.|6.  Of  this  union  there  were  seven  children,  all  but  two  dying 
in  early  life.     These  two  are  named  above  as  buds. 

He  came  to  Missouri  in  1856,  and  settled  on  the  farm  where 
he  spent  most  of  his  life,  and  where  he  passed  away.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  stock  man  all  his  life.  He  organized  the  Bank  of 
New  Franklin,  and  was  its  president  a  long  series  of  years.  His 
success  as  a  business  man  was  marked.     He  accumulated  wealth 


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rapidly.  Endowed  as  he  was  with  wonderful  physical  endurance, 
and  a  constitution  of  iron,  and  with  all  a  will  of  indomitable  cast, 
everything  about  him  had  to  move,  or  get  out  of  the  way  of  the 
movement  which  he  created  and  directed. 

He  was  a  missionary  Baptist  from  early  life  until  1SS9,  when 
he  united  with  the  Methodist  church.  His  home  was  the  itiner- 
ant minister's  abode.  His  generous  hospitality  was  of  the  Vir- 
ginia type.     He  left  a  large  estate  to  his  two  daughters. 

The  above  facts  are  gleaned  largely  from  a  lengthy  obituary 
published  in  a  local 
paper  at  the  time  of 
his  death. 

Wra.  P.  Nance, 
bud  above,  was  born 
at  Davis  Mills,  Vir- 
ginia. He  was  edu- 
cated for  medicine, 
but  the  civil  war 
coming  on  just  be- 
fore finishing  his 
studies,  he  went 
into  the  war  under 
"  Stonewall"  Jack- 
son. He  received 
two  wounds  during 
the  conflict.  He  did 
not  return  to  his 
studies  at  the  close 
of  the  war,  but 
turned  his  atten- 
tion to  farming  and 
fruit  growing.  He 
was  married  to 
Sarah  Porter  Cheat- 
wood,  February  9,  1S70.  He  is  the  father  of  six  children  named 
above  as  blossoms.  Being  highly  educated  himself,  he  took  great 
care  that  his  children  should  be  thorough  in  their  studies.  -He 
always  taught  them  at  night  and  never  allowed  them  to  retire 
until  the  lessons  for  the  next  day  were  prepared. 

John  F.  Nance,  twig  above,  was  born  in  Bedford  county, 
Virginia,  in  1S40.  His  whole  life  has  been  spent  in  his  native 
county.  '  His  postoffice  is  Davis  Mills.     He  has  been  a  valuable 


JOHN    K.    NANCK 
Twitj. 


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assistant  in  preparing  matter  relating  to  this  family.  He  thinks 
that  there  are  over  one  hundred  thousand  living  descendants  of 
our  immigrating  father,  Clement,  or  whoever  he  may  have  been, 
while  if  the  dead  were  counted,  the  million  mark  would  be  passed. 
He  was  left  an  orphan  by  the  death  of  both  parents,  at  the  age  of 
seven,  and  was  reared  by  his  brother,  Albert. 

He  joined  a  cavalry  company  in  April,  1861,  and  served  four 

years  in  the  Confeder- 
ate army  as  private  in 
the  same  company. 
He  is  proud  of  his 
service  for  the  con- 
federacy and  wishes 
future  generations  to 
know  that  he  believes 
that  time  will  yet 
prove  to  the  white 
race  the  world  over 
that  the  south  was 
right. 

Spotswood  A. 
Nance,  bud,  head  of 
the  firm  of  S.  A.  Nance 
&  Company,  whole- 
sale dealers  in  dry 
goods,  notions,  boots, 
shoes,  hats,  caps,  and 
gloves,  Dallas,  Texas, 
is  a  very  interesting 
correspondent.  He  is 
also  interesting  in  his 
family  relations.  His 
mother  is  a  daughter 
of  Peyton  Skipper 
Nance,  of  the  twenty- 
seven  children  of  Reuben  Nance,  Chapter  III.,  while  his  father, 
Spotswood  A.  Nance,  is  one  of  the  fifteen  children  of  John  and 
Martha  Estes  Nance,  above.  Both  families  are  large  and  promi- 
nent. They  bear  the  same  name,  but  the  author  has  not  found 
the  connecting  link. 


m'henry  nance 

Bud. 


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Thomas  Nance— Limb  Four. 

Thomas  Nance  could  not  have  been  born  later  than  1748,  for 
on  October  30,  1769,  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land  in  Bedford 
county,  he  being  a  resident  of  Dinwiddle  county  at  the  time.  He 
must  have  been  at  least  twenty-one  years  of  age  at  that  time,  or 
he  could  not  have  held  realty.  Thomas  was  a  soldier  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary army,  and  was  wounded  at  Eutaw  Springs,  South 
Carolina.  His  first  wife  was  Sarah  Gibbs.  They  appear  to  have 
been    the   parents  of   nine  children,  named  below   as   branches, 


S.    A.    NANCE 
Bud. 


JOHN    A.    NANCK 
Blossom. 


though  the  information  is  not  conclusive,  besides  it  is  somewhat 
contradictory. 

After  the  death  of  his  wife,  Thomas  left  Bedford  county,  and 
with  some  of  his  children  settled  in  Knox  county,  Tennessee,  near 
Knoxville,  in  about  1806  or  1807.  Although  quite  old,  he  mar- 
ried again  after  going  to  Tennessee,  and  raised  a  family.  His 
second  wife  was  Mary  Cooper,  of  Knox  county.  It  appears  that 
the  names  of  some  of  these  second  set  of  children  are  the  same 
as  those  in  the  first  family.  The  information  received  from  the 
different  sources  cannot  be  harmonized  any  other  way.     (Mr.  J. 


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A.  McDanncl,  as  well  as  the  author,  has  spent  many  an  hour 
trying  to  harmonize  these  conflicting  statements,  and  what  fol- 
lows is  the  best  we  have  been  able  to  arrive  at.) 

By  the  second  wife  there  appears  to  have  been  five  children. 
These  fourteen  are  named  below  as  branches  : 


BRANCHES. 


s 


TWIGS. 

f  Thoma.s. 
Paschal  (Creary) . 
Polly. 


Archibald,  w. 

Nancv  Williams 

Married  IMarch  10,  1794. 


,\llen  B.,  w. 
1^  .Mary  A.  Wade. 


r  Leonard  C.  w. 
Mary  Tipton  , . 


Peter,  w. 
Mary  Pryor. .  . 
Married,  1801. 


Pryor,  w.,  1804 
Harriet  Davis. 


James. 
Harvey  . 


BUDS. 
f  Archibald  (Hughes 
I    Crow  (Wade). 

Nancv  (Wadel. 

Ellen  (W'adc). 

Jane  (Cobb). 
t  .Su.san  (Woods). 

Archibald  W..  w. 
Love  A.  Hardwick. 


Darias  G. 


BLOSSOMS. 

J   Samuel,  d. 
1   James  d. 

f  Wiley  W. 
lidwin  E. 
Ollie  A. 
Chas.  W. 
Davis  E. 
LeKoy  W. 
Nancy  J. 
Carrie  V. 
Allen  N, 
Evelyn. 

William  A. 


Charitv  W. 
Peter  H. 
Marv  M. 
Charles  R. 
Davis  A. 
William  C. 
Edward  M. 

Mary  Jane,  h. 
Dr.  jno.  Fouche. 

Beverly  P. 

Blantnii. 

William. 


(   Jennie,  h. 
"(   G.  McTeer. 


Minerva  L. 
Peter. 

'  Jos.  Alberti 
w. 

Lncv  Ann,  h.,  1841 
J.  C'  S.   McDannel. 

Mary  Lane. 
Abner  J. 
John. 

Lncv. 
Hugh  F. 
Blanche. 
.  Thos.  H. 

Mary  E..  h. 

S.  S.'  Thompson. 

CalawayBlanton.w 
Mary  French - 

Prvor,  w. 

Ella  Biddle 

Samuel. 
Alvin. 
.  Mary. 

Samuel. 

( 

George. 

Harriet  C.  h. 
Wm.  H.  Hughes.  .. 

'  William. 
l<illian. 

1 

James  (i. 
F^arnest. 

Caroline  E.,  h.            | 
Julius-Auriu -; 

lycna. 
F;inora. 

vSamuel  H.,  w.             ' 
Mary  Worthiugton    ( 

Margaret  H.,  h.          ' 
John  Morris. 

John. 
Caroline. 

William  F. 


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BRANCHES. 


Peter,  w. 
Marv  Prvor.    . 
''  Married.' 1801. 


Zachariah. 

Joel. 

Clement. 

Jefferson. 

Pa.schal. 

Polly,  h. 
Green  Pryor. 

Sarah,  h. 

John  Prvor 

MarriedMav  1,  180."). 


Archibald  W..  w. 
Sarah  Stevens.  . . 
Married,  1833. 


Jefferson. 
John  Cooper. 
William  H. 


Caroline,  h. 
S.  F.  Plumlee. 


THOMAS  NANCE- 

Continued. 

TWIGS. 

BUDS. 

BLOSSOMS 

Harriet  E.,  h. 

B.  F.  Duncan 

James. 
Benj.  F. 

Rnfus,  w. 
^ Holland  .... 

1   3  children. 

.    Mary  Emeline,  h. 
Geo.  W.  Harris... 

Pryor  N. 
Jafnes  P. 
Georjje 
Mary  K. 
Aaron  li. 
Josephine. 
Amanda  1'. 

Calavvay  lilanlon. 

1818 

Ivliza. 

Nathaniel. 

John. 

I,ucy  Ann,  h. 
Henry  T.  Cox  .... 

Mary,  h. 
Horace  Smith. 

Ellen,  h. 
Alfred  Jackson. 

Catharine. 
_  Henrietta. 

Minerva  I...  h. 
[   Dr.  John  Fouche. 

Chas.  McG..  w. 
Calh.  S.  Tanb 

Fannie,  h. 

Jno.  B.  Brownlow. 

(  Rose. 
-,  Charle."--. 
(  Others. 

William. 
J    Eliza. 
1   John  T. 
L  Jennie. 

(    Dr.  Win.  Pryor. 
■/    F;d\vard  M.  ' 


BY  SECOND  wiff;.     ^)yv6Avi  ^/ 


f  Mary  A.,  h. 
Best. 

.Samuel  .S. 
William  H. 

Folder  Thos.  G.,  vv. 

Clara  A.  Scott 

I       Clifton,  Texas. 

I   Marshall,  w. 
Mi.ss  Butler 


Americus  C,  vv. 
Mary  Jane  Cross. 

Marj-  f;.,  h. 
Jones 


Roberta. 
Bessv  CI  eon. 
Walter  Everett. 


\   Lillian. 
(    Blanche. 


i    Harrv. 

/    Mr.s.  V.  Fatherly. 


Harriett,  h. 
Col.  Thos.  Boyd. 

Caroline  E.,  li. 
Michael  Gorday, 

The  author  is  indebted  very  largely  to  Mr.  J.  A.  McDannel, 
of  Washington,  D.  C,  for  the  information  concerning  Richard 
Nance  and  his  family  as  given  in  the  tables  above.  He  was  the 
most  thorough-going  correspondent  the  author  has  had  in  the 
work.  Our  correspondence  continued  from  August,  1 89S,  to  May, 
1899,  ten  months.  In  that  short  time  the  author  was  given  sixty- 
six  pages,  nearly  all  closely  type  written.     Much  of  this  matter 


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would  be  interesting  reading  in  this  work,  did  space  permit.  At 
one  time  the  author  hoped  that  we  might  combine  our  interests 
and  issue  a  much  larger  work  than  the  present,  but  something 
happened  that  changed  his  thoughts  and  blighted  his  hopes. 
Cousin  McDannel,  being  young  and  susceptible  to  less  serious 
thoughts  than  those  used  when  pouring  over  the  past  and  almost 
forgotten  generations,  fell  a  victim  to  cupid,  swearing  allegiance 
to  Miss  Mary  J.  Lane,  and  forgot  his  generations.  Being  a 
blossom  himself,  took  unto  himself  another.  And  what  shall  the 
harvest  be?     Fruit,  of  course. 

Joel  Nance — Limb. 

Joel  Nance  married  Polly  Philpot,  in  Virginia.  Nothing  more 
is  known  of  him,  only  that  he  had  one  son,  Clement,  and  a  son 
Allen.  Allen  is  said  to  have  lived  in  Benton,  Kentucky  ;  to  have 
had  one  son,  Rev.  George  Nance,  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  South,  in  Texas. 

Clement  is  the  branch  from  which  the  twigs  in  the  table  below 
sprung.  His  wife  was  a  Miss  Ledbetter.  It  is  more  than  likely 
that  Joel  is  the  son  of  William,  and  grandson  of  Richard,  head  of 
the  family  above,  who  is  said  to  have  emigrated  to  Kentucky 
with  his  brothers,  Thomas,  Paschal,  and  Peter,  between  1810  and 
1826,  settling  near  Roaring  Springs,  Triggs  county.  Believing 
this  the  author  places  his  family  where  it  should  be. 


TWIGS. 

BUDS. 
Guy. 
I<ee. 
Jo.seph. 

BI,0 

Monroe  Nance,  w. 

Edward. 

Clio  Griibbs 

vSaniuel. 
clement. 

Paducah,  Kentucky. 

Hattie. 
Ada. 
Monroe. 
Nellie. 

Fabian  A.,  w. 

Jennie  Broad 

Marion,  Illinois. 

■ 

William  C. 
George  H. 
Ed.  Fabian. 
Clarence. 
Valdimir. 

Rev.  Wm.  Pevton, 

w. 

A  merchant  and  dealer  in 

Warder  P. 

Martha  A.  Eaker. 

country  produce. 

^  Robert  D. 

M.  E.  church,  South. 

lyoulie,  h. 

Rev.  R.  P.  Howell. 



M.     E.     church. 

South. 

Vivian. 

,_      vSandiago,  California 

Mrs.  Mobley 

Henry  G. 



2  children. 

Jane  (Moore) 

John. 



\ 

2  children. 

' 

Thomas 

( 

2  children. 

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HAPTER  V. 


<=N 


John  Nance — Trunk. 


John  Nance,  born  in  North  Carolina.  Nothing  more  is  known 
of  him.  William  Franklin  Nance,  limb,  born  in  North  Carolina. 
The  last  j-ears  of  his  life  were  spent  in  Henry  count}^  Tennessee, 
and  in  Graves  county,  Kentucky,  near  Mayfield,  where  he  died 
in  1867,  at  the  age  of  eighty-six.  He  was  a  tobacco  planter  in 
these  latter  states.  It  is  said  that  he  was  a  man  of  great  courage 
and  with  an  ungovernable  temper.  Was  a  man  of  giant  physique; 
tall,  raw-boned,  strong  as  an  ox  and  brave  as  a  lion.  He  was 
married  four  times  and  was  the  father  of  twenty-three  children. 
His  brothers  are  .said  to  have  been  Frederick,  who  married  Polly 
Berry  ;  Clement,  who  married  Frances  Berry  ;  John,  James,  and 
I,aw.son.     Of  these  the  author  knows  nothing. 

Of  the  twenty-three  children,  those  known  to  the  author  are 
given  below  as  branches.  His  first  wife  was  Nancy  Lowe,  by 
whom  he  had  eleven  children.  His  second  wife  was  Elizabeth 
Dunaway,  who  was  the  mother  of  several  children. 


BRANCHES. 

TWIGS. 

BUD.S. 

BI.OSSOMS 

Catharine,  h. 

T             -           1 

i^aiii  i) . 

Elizabeth,  h. 

John  McCain. 

Sophia,  h. 

Ida. 

R.  Cochran. 

Minnie. 
Essie. 

Susan,  h. 

Rufus  D.  Nance, 

w. 

Johnnie. 

C.  Dodds. 

Alice  Sauter.  . .  . 

Cora. 

2d  w.  Joycie  Thumian, 

Dora. 

Stonington.   Colorado. 

Oscar. 

Amelia. 

Charles. 

John  Webb,  w. 

Nancv  Simmons 

.  Earl. 

'  Maude,  h. 

(  Leila  C. 

Abingdon,  Illinois. 

Edna  B. 

Samuel  C.  Case 

Galva,  Illinois. 

1    Russell  E. 
Harold  S. 
Dorothv  E 

Francis  IM..  vv. 

George  I'. 

,  Herbert  E. 

Georgia  Alwell . 

Mvrtle  C. 

Avon,  Illinois. 

1 

I'rank  R. 

HUa  X,.  h. 
William  H.  Mark.. 

H.  Ross. 

•'    luigcne  E. 

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JOHN  NANCE— Continued. 


BRANCHES. 


TWIGS. 


John  Webb,  w. 

Nancy  -Simmons 

Abingdon,  Illinois. 


Su.san  A,,  h, 

Levi  I^incoln 

Avon,  Illinois. 


Mary  Jane,  h. 
Josiah  Smith, 
Shannon  City,  Iowa. 


S.  Elizabeth,  h. 

Jas.  F.  Mings 

This  family  are  all  of 

Avon,  Illinois. 


BUDS. 

Dora  E.,  h. 
James  E.  Byram. , 

Alva. 

Edwin,  w. 
Nancy  A.  Fulton  . 
Avon,  Illinois. 

Nela,  w. 

Grace  Johnson  . . . 
Avon,  Illinois. 

Orpha. 

Myrtie. 

Emma. 

Lora  V...  h. 
Harry  F.  Town- 
send 


BLOSSOMS. 
F:arl. 
Joe  Ji. 
Uera  E. 
l„ena  M. 
FMossie. 
Fern  M. 

Oral. 

I„ilian. 

F;dith. 

(    Fairy  E. 
K   Clarence  h. 
I   Ralph  N. 


( 


Willis  G..  w. 
Florence  M.  Rose. 

Chas.  L..  w. 

Ella  Butler 


I,,ou  M.,  w. 
Julian  Churchill. 


Dale  J. 
Chella  M. 
(  Leon  M. 

Claire  H. 
Vera  F. 
Estella  M. 


j   Verne  A. 
)   Christine  M 

(  Marguerite 
J    Ro.ss  A. 
(  Herbert  W. 


Charles  W.,  w. 
Eliza  Wright.. 


Nancy  C,  h. 

Robt."  Byram 

Abingdon,  Illinois. 


Martha,  h. 

E.  Stone 

2d  h.  Marks,  K.  R. 


Nettie  C,  h. 

Frank  D.  Rea (   oo^en  E. 

F.  Russell,  w.  i   J.  Scott. 

Lula  M.  Strickland  <   Lillian  M. 
Ft.  Madi.son,  la.     |   Mark  F. 

J.  Allan  Mings. 

(  Charles. 

V   Elmer, 

(      Belle  Plain,  Kas. 

Pearl,  h. 

John  E.  Swan \   Ti-.^ani  Tf 

Council  Bluffs,  la.    )    ">*^^"'  ^■ 

Lewis  W. 

George  R.,  w. 
Ella  Dingman. 
\       Abingdon,  111. 

Frank  G.,  w. 
L«ra  Dunlap, 
Galesburg,  111. 

Lou  R.  Byram, 
1^      Denver,  Colo.  * 

(   Zelma  P.  Stone, 
'(       Abingdon,  111. 


John  Alonzo,  w. 

Eliza  Smith (Earl. 

Junction  City,  Oregon.  \  Martha  P. 


Robt.  H.,  w. 
Jane  Shirley. 

2d  w.  Ann  .Shirley j 

Abingdon,  Illinois.  I 


Walter, 


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^A^off^rP^ 


(y^Ti^c/^ 


324 


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JOHN  NANCE— Continued. 


BRANCHES.  TWIGS. 

Mary  Jane,  h. 
J.  P.  Bohannon. 

Robert. 

Missouri,  h. 
Dr.  J.  Burnett. 

Johanna, h. 

Robt.  Rushing f  M.  F.  Rushing,  w. 

i      Anna,  Illinoi.s. 
Wni.  Franklin,  w. 
Dallas.  Texas. 


BUDS. 


BI,OSSOMS. 


Joseph  Henry,  w. 

Miles  R..  w. 
Mayfield,  Kentucky. 

Logan. 


Ira 

lyowes,  Kentucky. 


BY  SECOND  WIFE. 


J.  W.  Nance. 
G.  W.  Nance. 
Wingo,  Kentucky. 


John  Webb  Nauce,  branch  above,  was  born  in  Rockingham, 
North  Carolina,  May  15,  1814.  His  boyhood  was  passed  in  Ten- 
nessee. He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He  came  to  Warren 
county,  Illinois,  in  1845.  After  a  few  years  he  purchased  a  one 
hundred  acre  farm  on  which  he  resided  till  1878.  He  then 
removed  to  Abingdon,  where  he  now  resides.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church  ;  was  originally  a  whig,  but  since  1856,  he  has 
been  a  democrat.  He  became  a  Mason  in  1850.  He  was  married 
May  24,  1836,  to  Nancy  Simmons,  of  Calaway  county,  Kentucky. 
He  is  the  ancestor  of  a  large  progeny,  as  shown  by  the  table 
above.  His  second  wife  was  Harriet  K.  Brooks,  and  his  third, 
Mrs.  Mary  (L,ucas)  Crawford.  The  accompanying  plate  was 
made  some  years  since,  but  he  is  said  to  be  hale  and  hearty  at  the 
present,  though  past  the  age  of  ninety. 


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CHAPTER  VI. 


The  families  in  this  chapter  are  grouped  together  l)ecause 
James  is  so  prominent  in  each  family.  There  is  no  known  con- 
necting link. 

James  Nance,  limb,  came  from  Virginia  to  Green  Castle, 
Indiana,  where  he  lived  many  years,  and  was  killed  there  by  a 
saw  in  a  mill,  in  1844.  He  married  Jane  Moorel.  He  reared  a 
large  family,  named  as  branches  below.  Moscow,  the  youngest 
son,  was  born  in  1836  ;  left  home  before  he  was  twenty-one  and 
settled  in  Iowa,  and  married  Miss  Lau  Bonar.  Then  he  enlisted 
in  the  i8th  Iowa  infantry.  While  in  the  service,  his  mother 
died  at  Franklin,  Indiana,  and  he  never  returned  to  see  any  of 
his  brothers  or  sisters,  and  they  are  entirely  lost  to  Moscow  and 
family.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  settled  at  Osceola,  Iowa, 
where  he  died  March  4,  1900.  The  above  information  and  much 
in  the  table  below  is  given  the  author  by  Mrs.  Mollie  Nance- 
Wheeler,  Osborne,  Missouri.  She  was  very  anxious  to  learn  of 
the  brothers  and  sisters  of  her  father,  and  their  families. 

The  balance  of  the  information  in  the  table  came  from  Miss 
Katharine  Layman,  twig  below,  of  Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

In  preparing  the  two  tables  for  the  Memorial,  the  similarity 
of  names  was  such  that  the  author  surmised  that  they  were  one 
and  the  same  family.  Correspondence  confirmed  this  belief  and 
he  is  happy  to  present  the  families  in  one  united  table. 

BRANCHES.  TWIGS.  BUDS. 

r  Marv.  h.,  1872. 
T.  Howard,  w..  183(5-1898        1    Walter  Smith. 
(Gertrude  Caterlin..    ....    .1    [  a  Dora,  1874. 

447  Swiss  Avenue,  Dallas   j    toward. 
Texa.s.  I    Virginia  Belle. 


John  Wesley,  w.,  1812-1861 


f  Marv.  h.,  1865. 
Louisa  Caroline,  1841,  h.        |   Clarence  Forsyth. 

,„,...  .,^^.^j Theo.  D.  Laynian...   -j    Katharine.  1867. 

Matilda  Parks i       Indianapolis,      Indiana,    ,       g^^   Kast  l.ith    Street, 

904  East  1,5th  Street.  [       Indianapolis,  Indiana. 

Benj   Parks,  w,,  1843  (  John  Wesley,  1875. 

Theodosia  Braun '.   Moody. 18.i. 

Lawrence.  Indiana.  (  Grace  l.ouise,  18i3. 


Frederick  \V.,  w.,  18.J0-1892  1   Otis. 

Ada  Sanders <   Edward. 

(  Theo.  L..  1884. 
Brazil.  Indiana. 


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JA.MKS  NANCE— Conliiiued. 


BRANCHES. 


Harriet,  h. 
Amos  Compton. 


twk; 

Rachael,  h. 
Kobt  Roberts. 

Sarah,  h. 
j   Joseph  Colby. 

James. 


Katharine,  h. 

Sarah  Caroline,  h.  I  I^aurie. 

Plooden  Burchard, 

A.shland  Avenue  and  9th 

Street,  Indianapolis,  Ind 

William. 
Thomas. 
Pinctney. 
Frank. 

Henry,  w.  (   Thaddeus. 

Elizabeth  I,eigh <  Jane. 

(   Katharine. 

Jane,  h.  I   Henry. 

Henry  Fo.x <   Tobias. 

(   Jane. 

Julia,  h.  (  Serena  McGiffin. 

James  Tisdale {  Katharine  McGiffin. 

2d  h.  .Saml  McGiffin.  (  William  McGiffin. 


David  T.,  w. 
Icetona  Stevenson, 
Osceola,  Iowa. 

William  R.,  w. 
Olie  Selby, 
Henry,  South  Dakota. 

James  B.,  w. 
Belle  Hayter, 
St.  Joe,  Missouri. 

Charles  B.,  w. 
Alice  Buchanan, 
Nelson,  Nebraska. 

Mollie  A.,  h. 
Orin  Wheeler, 
Osborne,  Missouri. 

Norman  B. 
Herman  F. 

Jennie  B..  h. 
Dr.  Claude  Walker, 
Woodbine,  Iowa. 


BUDS. 


Moscow,  w.,  1836-1900 
l,au  Bonar 


Katharine,  h. 
S.  S.  Burnett, 
Vincennes,  Indiana. 


James  Nance,  limb,  was  born  about  1790,  in  North  Carolina, 
his  father's  name  is  believed  to  have  been  Sandford  Nance.  He 
settled  in  Tennessee  at  an  early  day,  in  Benton  county.  He  was 
married  four  times,  but  the  name  of  all  his  wives  are  lost.  His 
children,  as  far  as  known,  are  named  below  as  branches.  The 
information  as  to  this  family  was  obtained  from  letters  from  Miss 
Florence  Nance,  Eggville,  Tennessee,  in  1898  and  1899,  Recent 
letters  fail  to  bring  response. 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


327 


BRANCHES.  TWIGS.  BUDS 

Eliza. 
Martha. 
Polly. 
Julia. 
Betsey. 

I.evi.  f  James,  1848,  w.  f  Florence,  1876. 

-Elmore j   Jennie. 

Richard,  1829,  w.  [  Ric'hard,  1886. 
Herrin ^   William,  w. 


Elmore i 

'  6  children. 

Neuton.  w. 

I Ballard I   .,    ,  .,  , 

■j   2  children. 

(  Artie  (Walker). 

2d  w J   Belle  (Hudson). 

(^  Virgie  (Johnson). 

It  is  claimed  by  Alfred  R.  Nance,  twig  below,  that  the  emi- 
grating family  came  from  Neps,  France,  to  Virginia  ;  that  a  part 
of  the  family  settled  near  Norfolk,  and  that  his  great-grandfather, 
Richard  Nance,  came  to  North  Carolina.  His  grandfather, 
Frederick  Woodson  Nance,  came  from  Buncombe  county.  North 
Carolina,  to  Rutherford  county,  Tennessee,  where  he  died  some 
years  before  the  civil  war.  He  was  the  father  of  nine  children, 
all  being  dead  but  James.  He  is  living  in  Bedford  county,  as  also 
is  his  son.     His  wife's  name  was Leathers. 

BRANCHES.  TWIGS.  BUDS. 

(  Frederick. 

James j    Alfred  R.  Nance,  1860 <   Edwin. 

(       Shelbyville,  Tennessee,      (  Alfred  R.,  Jr. 

Nothing  is  known  of  the  following  family,  more  than  the  table 
shows,  except  that  their  headquarters  is  Randolph,  Nebraska: 

BRANCHES.  TWIGS.  BUDS. 

,  r  Robert. 

James  Nance,  of  Virginia,   j   James <   Earnestly. 

'       born  in  Virginia,  now  in    (.  Rou.sa  1,. 
Nebraska. 

First  generation,  Clement  Nance,  of  Jamestown,  Virginia,  of 
which  nothing  is  known. 

Second  generation,  name  unknown. 

Third  generation,  or  trunk,  William  Nance,  of  which  nothing 
is  known  except  that  he  had  a  son,  James  Nance,  limb,  who  was 
born  at  Southampton,  C.  H.,  Southampton  county,  Virginia; 
moved  to  Pulaski,  Giles  county,  Tennessee,  in  1843.  All  that  is 
known  of  this  family  was  gained  from  a  letter  from  James  H. 
Nance,  Bon  Aqua,  Tennessee,  June  17,  1903. 

BRANCHES.  TWIGS.  BUDS. 

(  James  H.,  Jr.,  w.  (  Eula. 

James  H.,  1833,  w.  |    (ieorgia  Johnson <  teonia. 

Martha  Mayberry <       Sawdist  Valley,  Tenn.        I.  Bertha. 

Bon  Aqua,  Tennessee.  . 

[  Harry  S.,  single. 

Agent  N.  C.   and   St.   t,. 
R.  R.,  Graham.  Tenn. 


328 


The  Nanck  Memorial. 


CHAPTER  VII. 


These  families  are  grouped  into  one  chapter,  simply  for  con- 
venience, there  being  no  known  connecting  link. 

Gii.ES  Nance — Trunk. 

Of  North  Carolina,  and  his  wife,  Mary  Smith,  were  the  parents 
of  the  seven  children  named  as  limbs  in  the  table  below.  This 
family  were  heirs  at  law,  through  their  mother,  Mary  Smith, 
above,  to  a  portion  of  the  "Raleigh  Estate,"  in  North  Carolina, 
and  the  table  below  is  taken  from  the  report  of  the  commissioner 
appointed  by  the  court  to  divide  the  estate.  The  estate  was  a 
large  one  and  there  were  many  heirs.  No  ages  or  addresses  were 
given  in  the  pamphlet. 


1.1  MBS. 

Marv  A,  Nance,  h. 

G.  W.  Milbuni 

2d  h.  D.  A.  Cannon. 


BKANCHEvS. 
Ceo.  H.  Milbnrn. 

Sallie  Milburn,  h. 
W.  H.  K.ldridge. 

Robt.  Cannon. 


TWIGS. 


BUDS. 


Sarah  W.  Nance,  h. 
I..  W.  Hardin. 

John  S.  Nance. 
B.  R.  Nance, 

(   Win.  W.  Thompson. 
Nancy  J.  Nance,  h.  I 

Wiley  Thompson J    Nancy  J.  Thompson,  h. 

)    Davit. 

I 

(   Sam'l  Thompson 

Robt.  S.Nance \    Robert  Nance 

(  Ellen  S.  Nance. 

Wm.  H.  Nance ]  Wm.  H.  Nance. 

(   Florence  I,.  Nance. 


Oscar. 
Nannie. 

Robert (   Jefferson. 

I    R.  Percy. 
Matilda  S.,  h. 
D.  S.  Powell. 

I    Nannie  B. 

L  Robt.  W.  Nance. 


Eaton  Nance — Trunk. 

Eived  and  died  in  Charles  City  county,  Virginia,  dying  about 
1790  to  1795.  His  wife  a  widow  (Moon).  He  was  the  father  of 
three  children,  Zachariah,  James,  junior,  and  Mary.  These  three 
are  named  in  the  table  below  as  limbs.  Zachariah  was  born  in 
1785.     He  married  a  Miss  Mountcastle.     His  eight  children  are 


The  Nance  Memorial.  329 


given  below  as  brandies.  Zachariali  Fleming  Nance,  branch 
below,  was  living  in  Leesburg,  Alabama,  October  20,  1896,  when 
he  wrote  me  a  letter  containing  the  above  information,  and  also 
that  contained  in  the  table  below.  He  had  removed  from  Charles 
City  county  in  1863,  settling  in  Alabama.  At  the  date  of  the 
letter  he  was  past  eighty.  His  nephew,  L.  M.  Nance,  an  attorney 
at  Roxbury,  Charles  City  county,  Virginia,  also  assisted  me  in 
preparing  the  table  below.  No  one  of  this  family  have  responded 
to  ni}^  correspondence  of  late  years. 

IvIMBS.  BRANCHES.  TWIGS. 

f  Sallic  F. 

I  Hen  Iv, 
Zachariah   Fleming,  181G  .  -i       l.ce.sburg,  Alabama. 

I,eesburg,  Alabama.  I  Robt.  F. 

I  Mary  I,. 

Zachariah,  178j,  w.  |    Eaton,  head  of  Richmond 

Mountcastle 1       bar;  died  1862.  |   John  F.  (.sluriff). 

'j    James.  |    Chas.  S.  uindertaker). 

I    Benj.  Albert   ]    f;.  F'dmond  (mcnlKinl  i. 

Fannie.  j    1<.  M.  (atlornev), 
Julia.  Ro.xberrj-,  \'irginia. 

Jame.s,  Jr.  Mary.  '^  Julia  A.  (Niger). 

Mary.  [  Letitia. 

George  Nance — Trunk. 

This  family  is  entirely  unknown  to  the  author,  except  as  to 
Mrs.  Mary  Nance-Helm,  and  her  son,  Strather,  whom  the  author 
and  family  entertained  while  attending  the  World's  Fair.  We 
also  had  the  pleasure  of  two  calls  at  their  pleasant  home  in  Louis- 
ville, Kentucky.  Strather  is  a  commercial  traveler  of  much 
prominence.  George,  trunk,  was  a  Virginian,  a  gifted  man,  a 
Baptist  minister.  It  is  said  he  was  a  great  and  good  man.  His 
son,  Simeon,  moved  from  Virginia  to  North  Carolina,  before 
marriage,  and  settled  near  Raleigh.  Here  Mrs.  Helm  was  born. 
She  has  lived  in  Kentucky  many  years. 

I^IMBS.  BRANCHES.  TWIGS.  BUDS. 

'  Simeon,  w. 
Martha  Metshiner j   ^        ^^^^^ 

*  (Helm).  ,},„, 

George  Nance ;    Mary.  406     Fountain'-      '"'^'^• 

Evelyn.  Court.  I.ouisville, 

Nancy  Jane.  .             Kentucky. 

James,   became  rich    in                           •' 

Alabama   and  Missis- 
William,  went  west.                    sippi. 

Robert  Nance— Trunk. 

Lived  in  Mecklinburg  county,  Virginia.  He  had  three 
nephews,  Hudson,  Marshall,  and  Thomas,  who  settled  in  Ran- 
dolph county,  North  Carolina,  about  1795. 

He  had  two  sons,  John  and  Wyatt,  limbs.  John  was  born  in 
1770,  and  settled  in  Granville  county.  North  Carolina,  in  1790. 
He  had  two  sons,  Allen  and  John,  of  whom  nothing  is  known. 


330 


Thk  Nancr  Memorial. 


Wyatt,  limb,  was  boru  in  1775,  and  settled  in  Anson  county, 
North  Carolina,  in  1795.  His  male  descendants  are  given  in  the 
table  below. 

This  information  was  all  obtained  from  a  letter  by  James  D. 
Nance,  Goodman,  North  Carolina,  dated  November  24,  1896. 
No  later  response. 

TWIGS. 


BRANCHES. 


John  A.,  1798. 


Harbert,  18lt3. 


Jesse  P. 


BUDS. 


^   William  R. 


BLOS.SOMS. 
Bunyuii. 
John, 
Joseph. 


James  D. 


Dr.  Ceo.  B. 


-;   James 


W. 


John  W j 


Walter. 


I  James  T j   De  Costa  P. 

Alfred  H j  Jona.s.  '    William  D. 

(  Thomas. 
Ferrington  t,. 
Wyatt  D. 
John  W. 
I,  Jacob  W 


Clement. 


(  John. 
-^   William. 
(.  James. 

James  C. 


(  Walt 
■I  Wils 
I   Craw 


ter. 
son. 
wford. 


Al^->" ]  2  sons. 


Henry. 


J    Wyatt 

Eli 

Ellis. 
Jonas. 
L  John. 

Silas   )    Davidson. 

(    Fuller. 
Allen,  moved  to  Arkan- 
sas in  1845. 
Thomas,  moved  to  Ten- 
nessee in  1848. 
Robert,  1807 J  Jesse,  moved  west. 


\   Isof. 


Green 

James. 

William. 

Joseph. 


^  2  I 


Nothing  is  known  of  the  family  below  further  than  the  table 
shows,  except  that  I.  G.  Nance  was  a  member  of  the  Kentucky 
legislature,  as  a  republican,  in  1896,  and  is  now  a  farmer,  and  as 
he  says  in  a  letter  received  the  day  that  this  goes  in  type,  "Since 
I  last  wrote  you  I  have  married  and  settled  on  a  farm,  and  as  you 
will  presuppose,  being  a  republican,  I  am  giving  my  time  and 
consideration  to  my  'infant  industries.'  " 

BUDS. 


BRANCHES. 

Peter  (in  the  war  of  1812). 
George,  settled  in  Ohio. 
Richard,  settled  in  Ohio. 


TWIGS. 


John,  lost  about  the   time 
of  war  with  Mexico. 

Geo.  W.,  1818 

Slaughterville,  Ky. 


George  W. 

Hon.  I.  G.  Nance, 
Slaughterville,  Ky. 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


331 


Miss  Nance,  trunk,  is  only  known  by  tradition  as  "The 
handsome  Miss  Nance,  of  I^eaf  River. ' '  She  married  John  Chand- 
ler, of  Virginia,  and  they  had  an  only  daughter,  Mary  Chandler. 
She  married  Reuben  House.  They  and  their  descendants  are 
named  in  the  table  below  : 


I^IMBS. 


BRANCHES. 


Mary  Chandler,  h. 

Reuben  House j    Mary,  h.,  1801 

1   Patterson. 


Jesse. 
John. 


Klizabeth,  h. 
Dr.  Ogilvie.. 


TWIGS. 

^   4  children. 

f  Fannie  (Smith). 


BUDS. 


(   .. 


3  children. 


He.ster  (Hilliard)..    (  .    ,  .,  , 

j  .)  cliildreii. 

Henrietta  (I.ewis).    1   .    ,  .,  , 

'     \   .)  cliiklreii. 
I.  4  otlier.s.  ' 

Robert,  w. 

Miss  t,ainar 1   .    ,  .,  , 

'  ;>  children. 

Caroline,  h. 

Robert  Miller ( 


( 


8  children. 


Reuben,  w.  ,  ,,         , ,,      . 

niiikin^  [   ^I-TO'  (nunter)....    („    ,  .,  , 

iJintins J  ^  I  }    /children. 


Hester,  h.,  1803-1862 
Dr.  R.  J.  L,a\vrence., 


t   Reuben  E j 


Eliza  C.  h. 

Fred.     B.    I.,eaven- 


3  children. 


Mary 

(Ridore) 
Norfolk,  Va 

I..  (Wither- 
spoon ) , 


worth {    Richmond, 


Petersburg.  Va 


Virginia. 

Helen,  at 
home. 


All  that  is  known  of  the  family  below  was  obtained  from  a 
letter  dated  Paint  Lick,  Kentucky,  November  7,  1898,  and  signed 
by  S,  H.  Nantz,  below.  All  information  is  in  the  table  below, 
except  that  Clement  and  Frederick  died  near  Paint  Lick,  Ken- 
tucky ;  Webster  and  Wesley  went  to  Illinois  ;  Jefferson  went  to 
Indiana,  and  from  there  to  California  ;  Wilkin.son  to  Clay  county, 
Missouri.     Clement  and  Frederick  each  left  families. 


.I,IMBS. 


William  Nantz 

2d  w.  Fulce. 

Born    in    Virginia; 

moved    to   Indiana.     8 

children. 


BRANCHES. 

clement. 
Webster. 
Wesley. 

Frederick 

Jefferson. 
WilkiiKSon. 
Nancy. 
Elizabeth  (Jones). 


TWIGS. 


Geo.  W.  Xantz. 


BUDS. 


S.  H.  Nantz 
Paint  Lick. 
Kv. 


William  (Billy)  Nance— Trunk. 

Lived  in  Pittsylvania  county,  Virginia.  He  had  two  boys  and 
two  girls.  They  are  named  in  the  table  below  as  limbs.  John 
never  married.     Robert  had  only  one  child,  Captain  Robert  G. 


532 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


Nance,  branch  below.  Said  Captain  Nance  was  born  in  Pittsly- 
vania  county  ;  lived  in  Fayette  county,  Illinois  ;  enlisted  in  the 
40th  Illinois  regiment  from  there  as  private  ;  was  promoted  to 
second  lieutenant,  and  then  to  first  lieutenant.  He  was  captain 
the  last  year  and  a  half  of  the  war.  The  R.  G.  Nance  Post 
number  756,  Department  of  Illinois,  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic, is  named  in  his  honor.  He  enlisted  August  10,  1861,  and 
was  discharged  January  7,  1865, 


IvIMBS.                                        BRANCHES.                                        TWIGS 

John,  1782,  never  married. 

Robert j 

(   Monroe. 

' -^   Alzora  (Brown). 

(  Fidetta  (Brown), 

/   Capt.  Robt.  G 

Polly,  h. 

vSani'l  Gauldin. 

Gatch,  Illinois. 

Jinsey,  h. 

Pleasant  Stephens. 

BRANCHES. 

TWIGS. 

John,  d. 

A.  J., 

Archibald  J.  Nance,  w. 

Boliver,  Texas. 

Miller 

J.N. 

' 

J.  A. 

Harriet. 

vSarah  Ann. 

• 

Minerva. 

r  Robert  h. 
Archibald  J., 

Peoria,  Illinois. 

2d  w.  Elizabeth  Norman   . 

Mary  E.  Bump, 

Anna,  Illinois. 

Wm.  Peyton, 

Anna,  Illinois. 

^  Florence, 

Memphis,  Tennessee. 

The  above  is  furnished  by  Archibald  J.  Nance,  of  Peoria, 
Illinois.  He  can  give  no  positive  information,  having  been  sepa- 
rated from  the  family  nearly  all  his  life.  He  has  an  exalted 
opinion  of  his  half-brothers,  in  Texas,  but  knows  nothing  defi- 
nitely.    They  do  not  respond  to  letters  sent. 


The  Nance  Memorial.  333 


APPENDIX, 


EXHIBIT    "A." 

Quotations  from  a  letter  written  by  Elijah  Nance,  Podstow,  Cornwall, 
England,  in  1S56,  to  W.  E.  Nance,  Cardiff,  Wales. 
Dear  Cousin,  (I  presume): 

In  reply  to  your  inquiry  respecting  the  origin  of  the  Nance  faniil\-,  I 
doubt  that  I  shall  give  you  that  perfect  pedigree  that  you  so  anticipate,  but 
brief  as  it  may  be  it  will  give  you  a  little  knowledge  from  whence  my  familv 
sprung. 

My  brief  account  only  includes  seven  hundred  and  ninety  years. 

In  the  year  1066,  Williain  the  Bastard,  well  known  by  the  name  William 
the  Conqueror,  being  prompted  by  the  Pope  of  Rome,  William  soon  collecleil 
an  army  and  landed  them  in  safety  at  the  place  called  Hastings,  in  the 
count}'  of  Sussex.  King  Harold,  the  then  King  of  I-jigland,  managed  in 
haste  to  give  him  battle,  and  encamped  about  seven  nnles  from  the  Nornian 
army  wherein  was  one  of  my  forefathers  as  general,  and  on  the  seventeenth 
day  of  October,  1066,  a  bloody  battle  begun  at  seven  o'clock  in  the  morning 
and  lasted  until  night  was  closing  in,  and  the  Normans  were  much  worsted, 
when  a  Norman  Archer  shot  an  arrow  which  went  through  Harold's  skidl 
and  killed  him  at  once.  His  army  seeing  their  king  and  comniandir  dead 
took  to  flight  in  all  directions,  and  the  Normans  made  great  slaughter  of  the 
retreating  army,  so  that  from  one  battle  the  Normans  became  masters  of  all 
England  in  due  time. 

After  that  battle  detachments  of  the  army  were  sent  into  all  parts  of 
England  to  take  and  confiscate  what  property  they  thought  fit,  and  General 
Prideaux  came  to  Padstow,  in  Cornwall,  and  my  forefather  established  him- 
self of  the  Barton  of  Quandradu,  so  that  the  name  of  Nance  and  Prideaux 
have  been  residents  at  Padstow  for  about  seven  hundred  and  ninety  years 

last  past. 

****** 

Nearly  forty  years  since  I  was  at  the  Stewards  house  of  the  Esquire 
Prideaux,  that  gentleman  asked  me  where  my  family  came  from,  I  told  him 
from  Nantes,  in  Normandy,  and  that  my  family  were  adventurers  with  the 
Prideaux  family,  he  said  he  believed  it,  for  he  so  frequently-  met  with  the 
name  of  Nance  in  the  writings  of  the  Prideaux. 

N.  B.— Be  it  remembered  with  you  that  when  the  Normans  came  to 
England  they  had  but  one  name  (a  Christian  name),  but  they  took  to  them- 
selves a  surname,  and  my  forefather,  as  he  came  from  Nantes,  in  Nonn- 
andy  wrote  his  name  Nance,  as  I  suppose,  being  a  milder  way  of  pronounc- 
ing tiie  name  correctly.     As  to  all  the  Nance  family  they  were  generally 


334  The  Nance  Memorial. 

endowed  with  a  geniousness  and  ability  being  brought  to  learning  in  arts 
and  science  that  they  were  brought  to  trades  such  as  tailor,  carpenters,  boot 
and  shoe  makers,  hatters,  rope  makers,  wool  steplers,  farmers,  etc.  *  * 
Then  there  was  an  Esquire  Nance  mentioned  in  the  History  of  Cornwall  that 
was  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  county.  Again  another  Esquire  Nance  that 
lived  not  far  from  Bodmin  at  a  seat  called  Trengoff,  in  the  Parish  of  War- 
liggan,  about  seven  miles  from  Bodmin,  he  sold  his  estate  for  nine  hundred 

and  ninety-nine  years  but  retained  Trengoff  to  his  widow  as  a  dower. 

****** 

Again,  my  uncle,  Andrew  Nance,  being  a  hatter,  settled  himself  down 
in  Portsmouth.  He  kept  a  shop  there  and  another  at  Portsea.  He  got 
wealthy  and  his  off-spring  is  wealthy.  Then  my  uncle,  George  Nance,  a 
tailor,  settled  at  Bath  and  lived  in  great  oppulance  there,  and  having  become 
a  merchant  tailor  was  employed  by  the  nobility  that  visited  that  city,  but 
poor  Elijah  Nance  never  met  with  so  good  luck  as  my  predecessors,  but  I 
think  if  you  look  on  the  other  side  and  examining  my  pedigree  you  will  dis- 
cover that  I  nmst  be  possessed  with  some  of  the  blood  of  some  of  the  high 
rank  of  the  people  of  England,  and  not  a  family  in  all  Wales  can  produce 
such  a  pedigree.  My  grandfather,  in  his  day,  became  heir  at  law  to  the 
estate  of  Wni.  Parker,  Esquire,  in  St.  Mabyn,  Cornwall,  and  was  under  the 
necessity  to  get  it  to  prove  his  title  to  it  and  sue  for  it  in  chancery,  and  as  he 
did  he  was  obliged  to  produce  his  pedigree. 

(Being  unable  to  find  one  who  could  interpret  the  court  of  chancery 
records,  the  author  has  omitted  the  pedigree. ) 

When,  in  London,  six  years  since,  a  gentleman  being  informed  that  a  per- 
son called  Nance  was  in  London,  came  from  Gravesend,  a  distance  of  thirty 
miles  to  see  me  and  enquire  to  my  pedigree,  and  the  pedigree  of  the  Nance 
family,  he  proved  to  be  a  son  of  my  cousin,  Walter  Nance,  your  great 
uncle.  He  was  in  business  as  boot  and  shoemaker  at  Gravesend.  Such  is 
all  the  knowledge  of  my  family,  and  such  is  my  pedigree  I  am  in  possession 
of  to  send  unto  you. 


EXHIBIT    "B." 


{Home  address)  East  Farndon  Rectory, 
Market  Harborough, 
W.  E.  Nance,  Esquire,  Cardiff,  Wales.  December  15,  1899. 

Dear  Sir : — I  remember  seeing  your  son  in  Oxford,  and  his  asking  me 
about  my  family.  I  fear  I  can  throw  but  little  light  on  the  family  history, 
though  I  am  much  interested  myself  in  it,  and  have  paid  visits  to  Warlig- 
gon,  Illogan,  and  Creed  to  inspect  registers. 

My  name  of  "  Trengove,"  is  misleading.  It  is  the  belief  of  our  family 
that  we  do  belong  to  the  Warliggon  Nances,  but  we  cannot  trace  the  early 
connections.  My  father  gave  me  the  name  in  that  belief,  but  I  am  the  first 
one  in  our  branch  of  the  family  that  has  had  it.  The  name  is  held  also  by 
my  nephew  now  at  Balliol  College,  Oxford. 

Our  family  lived  at  Creed,  near  Granpound,  in  Cornwall,  and  there  are 
several  generations  there  in  the  registers.  My  great-grandfather.  Rev.  Wm. 
Nance  (Exeter  College,  Oxford),  was  curate  of  Creed.  He  migrated  into 
Kent,  and  my  father  migrated  into  Staffordshire. 


'^  The  Nance  Memorial.  335 

My  grandfather  was  Fellow  of  Worcester  College,  Oxford,  and  made 
many  attempts  to  trace  the  genealogy.  He  had  the  registers  at  Warliggou 
copied  and  sent  to  him. 

The  old  county  histories  of  Cornwall  say  that  both  the  Illogan  and 
Warliggon  branches  of  the  family  have  become  extinct. 

I  have  visited  Illogan  also.  The  farm  house  at  Nance  in  that  Parish 
seems  to  have  been  an  eccleasiastical  house  before  the  reformation,  and  it 
has  still  some  wooden  panels  painted  with  the  twelve  Apostles.  I  have 
searched  the  registers  there  and  extracted  all  that  belonged  to  the  family. 
You  will  find  most  of  the  old  records  of  the  family  in  Vivian  tS:  Drake's  visi- 
tation of  the  County  of  Cornwall,  which  you  would  probably  find  in  any 
first-class  library.  Believe  me  yours  truly, 

J.  T.  Nanxk. 

(The  old  records  spoken  of  above,  being  imperfect,  are  omitted  for  lack 
of  space.) 


EXHIBIT  "C." 


Stanley  Lodge,  Monmouth,  June  12,  1903. 
Dear  Sir : — As  I  understand  you  invite  communication  from  every 
"fellow-kinsman"  (to  use  your  graphic  phrase),  allow  me  to  make  myself 
known  as  a  descendant  of  your  male  stock,  viz.,  the  great-great-great-grand- 
son of  Richard  Euslis,  of  Saint  Ives,  Cornwall,  by  his  wife  Margery  Nance, 
of  the  same  town,  who  were  married  1729.  *         *  I  am  the  author  of 

the  History  of  Saint  Ives  to  which  you  make  reference.     I  enclose  particu- 
lars of  my  Nance  descent.  Yours  faithfully, 

John  Hobson  Matthew.s, 
Solicitor  Archivist  to  the  Corporation  of  Cardiff. 
Geo.  W.  Nance,  Esquire. 

Margery  Nance,  1729-Richard  Eustis. 
Mary  Eustis-Jasper  Williams. 
Jasper  Williams-Mary  Stevens. 
Honor  Williams-John  Matthews. 
John  Thomas  Matthews-Emma  Hobson. 
John  Hobson  Matthews,  b.  1858- Alice  Mary  Gwyn-Hughes. 
John  Vivian  Gwyn-Hobson  Matthews,  1S97. 
From  a  document  at  the  London  record  office  I  gather  that  this  particu- 
lar Nance  family  were  known  in  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries  by 
the  additional  surname   "Molkin,"  meaning  bald  according  to  Borlace,  a 
personal  name  equivolent  to  the  Welsh  "  Maelgwn."     They  were,  I  believe, 
originally  of  Nance  in  Lelant,  but  acquired  some  estate  in  East  Cornwall, 
whether  by  marriage  or  purchase,  I  do  not  know.     They  bore  arms  :  Argent, 
a  crop  humettee  sable.  Yours  faithfully, 

John  Hobson  Matthews. 


EXHIBIT  "D." 
From  History  of  .Saint  Ives,  Etc.,  by  Matthews. 
Nance.— This  is  one  of  the  original  Saint  Ives  families.     The   name, 
which  is  a  misspelling  of  the  Cornish  word  Nans,  a  valley,  indicates  that  the 


336  The  Nance  Memorial. 


ancestor  who  first  assumed  this  cognonian,  was  a  dweller  in  some  inland 
dale  of  the  neighborhood. 

In  the  year  1327,  there  was  a  general  subsidy  levied  upon  all  England, 
and  the  lists  of  the  persons  taxed  for  it  are  the  earliest  rolls  in  existence. 
"  Luca  de  Nanse"  thus  appears. 

In  1523  Thomas  Nanse  had  goods,  etc.,  also  in  1524. 

In  1573  John  Nanste  was  a  burgess  of  Saint  Ives.  In  1578  he  contributed 
to  the  equipment  of  the  trained  band  fitted  out  against  the  Spaniards.  In 
1590,  Captain  John  Nance.  In  1595,  John  Nanse  Captaine,  etc.  1543,  Symon 
Nanc.     1592,  Mr.  Trenance. 

John  Nance,  Jo  Nance,  Wm.  Nance,  Rio  Nance,  GeflFrie  Nance,  \Vm. 
Nance.  Wm.  Nance,  church  warden,  and  others  appear  all  along  up  to 
about  1700.  Marriages,  1667,  John  Nance  and  Elizabeth  Stevens.  i7or, 
Alien  Nance  and  Welmot  Thomas.  171 1,  Thomas  Kempthorn  and  Elizabeth 
Nance.     1729,  Richard  Eustis  and  Margery  Nance. 

F'rom  John  Wesley's  diary  the  following  items  are  taken  : 

"Visited  Saint  Ives  a  second  time  April  3,  1744.  I  was  a  little  surprised 
at  entering  John  Nance's  hou.se,  being  received  by  many,  who  were  waiting 
for  me,  with  a  loud,  though  not  a  bitter  cry." 

Again,  "Went  with  John  Nance  to  Rosemargay,  in  Zennor,  etc." 

Again,  "But  between  .seven  and  eight  the  mob  came  and  beset  John 
Nance's  hou.se.  John  Nance  and  John  Paynter  went  out,  and  stood  before 
the  door;  though  they  were  quickly  covered  with  dirt.  The  cry  was,  bring 
out  the  preacher.     Pull  down  the  hou.se." 

And  again,  "On  Sunday,  30,  about  six  in  the  evening,  I  began  preach- 
ing in  the  street  near  John  Nance's  door." 

Concerning  his  twenty-fifth  visit,  on  August  26,  1785,  Wesley  writes: 
"In  the  evening  I  preached  in  the  market  place  at  Saint  Ives,  to  alnuxst  the 
whole  town.  This  was  the  first  place  in  Cornwall  where  we  preached  and 
where  Satan  fought  fiercely  for  his  kingdom  ;  but  now  all  is  ]ieace.  I  ft)un<l 
that  old  John  Nance  had  rested  from  his  labors.  Some  months  since,  sitting 
1)ehind  the  preacher,  in  the  pulpit,  he  sunk  down,  was  carried  out,  and  fell 
asleep." 

Many  other  quotations  might  be  made  from  this  work,  Init  these  are 
given  not  because  of  any  real  value,  but  to  give  some  idea  as  to  the  age, 
number,  and  prominence  of  the  family. 


I 


EXHIBIT  "E." 

Belfast  Street  Tramways  Tramways  Office,  Sandy  Row, 

Company.  Belfast,  August  14,  1897. 

Andrew  N.ance,  Manager. 

Geo.  W.  Nance,  Esquire. 

My  Dear  Sir : — I  was  away  on  my  vacation  when  your  letter  arrived, 
and  so  it  has  not  been  answered  as  soon  as  I  could  have  washed.  Your  letter 
verv  much  surprised  me  for  two  or  more  reasons.  The  number  of  persons 
of  our  name  who  are  known  to  you  in  America,  is  astonishing,  and  the  simi- 
larity of  traditions  with  regard  to  them. 

For  my  own  part  I  do  not  take  any  interest  in  ancestry,  nor  should  I 
take  anv  trouble  about  it.     My  uncle,  William,  however,  who  was  a  lawyer, 


The  Nance  Memorial.  337 


took  a  world  of  trouble  and  spent  a  good  deal  of  money  in  inquiries.  I  have 
at  some  time  when  a  young  man,  either  read  or  was  told  what  he  discovered, 
but  I  don't  know  whether  it  exists  now,  nor  if  it  was  ever  written,  or  where 
it  would  be  if  it  did  exist. 

First,  he  found  out  the  "Coat  of  Arms  "  of  the  family.  I  send  it  on  tlie 
paper  enclosed.  The  motto  is  the  same  as  that  of  Queen  Elizjibeth,  and  I'm 
told  that  it  indicates  that  the  royal  blood  of  France  is  in  our  veins,  whether 
legitimately  or  not  I  cannot  say.  My  uncle,  William,  appears  to  have  satis- 
fied himself  that  two  Huguenot  brothers  named  .\ndrew  and  Clement,  were 
obliged,  with  their  families,  to  flee  from  France  at  the  time  of  the  Huguenot 
persecution.  They  appear  to  have  been  an  aristocratic  and  noble  family, 
and  the  name  Nance  was  a  territorial  name,  and  probably  we  could  all 
rightly  call  ourselves  De  Nance Jjf  we  .so  desired.  They  appear  to  have 
landed  in  the  west  of  England  about  that  period,  and  the  el<ler  bmthcr, 
Andrew,  settled  there,  and  Clemeiit_disappeared.  Vou  have  explained  what 
became  of  him  in  your  letter.  My  uncle,  William,  would  have  been 
delighted  to  hear  what  you  have  written  about  him.  As  I  told  Mr.  J.  Nance, 
a  friend  of  mine  who  spent  a  summer  in  the  Scilly  Islands,  found  that  on 
one  island,  all,  or  nearly  all,  the  people  were  named  Nance.  I  am  loo  old 
to  go  and  see  into  the  matter,  and   in  truth  it  is  not  of  any  interest  to  me. 

It  appears  that  Andrew  Nance  lived  in  or  about  Cornwall,  and  there  are 
plenty  of  Nances  thereabouts  descended  from  him.  Kvery  eldest  son  was 
named  Andrew.  I  am  the  tenth  Andrew,  the  eldest  born  of  each  generation. 
IMy  only  child  died  in  infancy  and  my  brother,  Walter,  named  his  eldest 
l)oy  Andrew.  So  he  will  be  the  eleventh,  and  will  probably  have  what  few 
dollars  I  possess  when  my  wife  is  done  with  them.  The  seventh  .Andrew 
crossed  to  Normandy  from  Cornwall  and  lived  there.  In  Xorinandy  tlu- 
eighth  Andrew  was  born.  This  eighth  Andrew  went  to  Kent  when  he  w.is 
about  twenty -one,  and  I  believe  the  seventh  Andrew  and  his  wife,  Marllin, 
died  there.  The  eighth  Andrew  soon  left  Kent  when  his  parents  died,  and 
came  to  Portsmouth  and  sat  up  as  a  hatter.  He  was  a  most  enterprising 
man.  He  bought  the  "  Fountain  "  and  "  Bine  Ports  "  hotels.  He  married 
a  lady  near  Portsmouth  ;  had  a  large  family  and  died  there.  The  ninth 
Andrew  (my  father),  also  lived  all  his  life  at  Portsmouth,  and  his  wife  (my 
mother),  is  named  Martha,  the  same  as  his  grandmother.  That  is  wholly 
all  I  know  and  I  don't  think  anyone  knows  any  more.  No  doubt  a  .search 
in  France  would  reveal  the  history  and  origin  of  the  family  from  the  first. 
"^""^  Trulv,  Andrew  N.\nck, 


>' 


EXHIBIT   "F." 

BRISTOL  PARISH. 

Bristol  Parish  had  fifteen  or  twenty  churches,  the  principal  one  w...-^ 
"Blandford"  or  "St.  Paul's,"  now  repaired,  and  in  Petersburg,  Virginia. 
The  Parish  extended  from  Prince  George  county  west  and  northwest  sixty 
miles  or  so,  and  was  governed  by  a  board  of  church  wardens  who  collected 
the  tobacco  tax  and  maintained  rectors,  churches,  bridges,  roads,  an<l  help- 
less poor. 

Across  the  James  river  and  twelve  miles  down  stream  from  Petersburg, 
has  been  located  the  home  of  many  of  the  name  found  in  the  Bristol  Parish 


y 


338  The  Nance  Memorial. 


records  given  below,  viz.:  Of  Daniel  and  Klizabelh  in  1722;  of  Daniel  and 
Mary  in  1725;  of  Richard  and  Mary  in  1722  ;  of  Daniel,  senior,  in  1732;  of 
Jolm  and  Jane  in  1722  ;  of  William  and  Anna  in  1742  ;  of  Thomas  and  I'ris- 
cilla  Nance  in  1745.  Daniel  Nance,  presnmahly  the  senior,  was  "  jjroces- 
sioner,"  to  examine  and  remark  the  timber  or  boundry  lines  on  "Sontli  Fork 
of  Gravelly  Rnn." 

The  names  below  were  taken  from  the  chnrch  register  as  shown  by  Mr. 
Chnrchill  Gibson  Chamberlayne  in  his  book,  entitled,  "  The  Vestry  Book  and 
Register  of  Bristol  Parish,  Virginia,  1720-1789."  This  book  was  tran.scribed 
from  the  records  and  pnblished  by  Mr.  Chamberlayne,  at  Richmond,  Vir- 
ginia. (Printed  privately  1898).  He  says  that  two  leaves  of  the  mannscript 
are  missing,  which  include  the  minutes  of  the  vestry  meetings  between 
October  28  and  November  11,  1723. 

TARKNTS.  CHII.DKKN. 

Uanifl  and  KHza  ^Klizaheth)    ('  Phel)e,  h.  October,  1712. 

Nance J    Kliza,  b.  July  fi,  1719. 

]    Klinor,  b  September 9, 1722. 
[  I.ucy,  b.  December  21,  1729. 

Daniel  and  Mary  Nance J   ^li^a,  b.  June  19,  1728. 

(    Elinor,  b.  May  25, 1721. 

John  and  Jane  Nance |    Tho.s.,  b.  .Seiitember  22,  1723. 

1    Richard,  b.  January  24,  1726. 
1^  William,  b.  July  12',  1728. 

*  '  r  John,  b.  December  15,  1723. 

Eliza,  b.  November  7, 1725. 

Richard  and  Mary  Nance •;    I,,eonard,  b.  December  15, 17.30. 

I    Nathaniel,  1).  December9. 1731.  • 

I,  Anne,  b.  January  15,  1741-2. 

John  and  Martha  Nance |  ^^^^   ,,   ^j^^  ^   j^g- 

William  and  Ann  Nance (   Thoma.s,  b.  February  29,  1736. 

'/   Sarah,  b.  January  30,  1742-3. 

Thoma.sand  Pri.scilla  Nance. .   .|   ,sarah,  b.  October  19,  174.5. 

EXHIBIT  "G." 

Land  patents  issued  to  "Nance  "  between  March  18,  1639,  and  July  12, 
1797,  as  per  Richmond,  Virginia,  records  : 

Richard  Nance,  300  acres  Henrico  county,  to  be  doubled  when  he  or  his 
assigns  shall  have  sufficiently  peopled  and  planted  on  north  side  of  Appa- 
mattuck  river,  being  due  to  said  Nance  for  transportation  of  six  persons  into 
this  colony,  viz.:  His  now  wife,  Alice,  Robert  Perry,  Robert  Chappell, 
George  Prebedy,  Edw'd  Rolvlington,  and  Mary  Uncars,  March  18,  1639. 
Book  No.  I,  page  715. 

Wm.  Nance,  of  James  City  county,  520  acres  in  said  county,  south  side 
Chickahominy  river,  adjoining  Jno.  Randall,  Gregory  Wells,  Mr.  Bobby, 
said  Nances  Neck,  150  acres  being  due  to  said  Nance  by  marrying  daughter 
and  one  of  coheirs  of  Grace  or  Tinsley,  who  was  sister,  and  one  of  coheirs  of 
Richard  Pierce.  It  being  part  of  600  acres  granted  said  Pierce  September 
12,  1636,  and  370  acres  upon  the  said  Nances  Survey,  and  the  whole  patent 
being  found  surplusage  within  the  bounds  is  also  due  to  said  Nance  for  the 
tran-sportation   of  eight  persons,  viz;.:     Anne  Kerer,  Wm.  Kent,  Wm.  Kath 


The  Nance  Memorial.  339 


U-' 


Davis,  Eliz,  Grocer  Becrebe  Farmer,  and  Nich.     Prior  April  29,  1692.    No.  S, 
page  23 1 . 

John  Nance,  of  Prince  George  county,  150  acres  on  north  side  Hatcher's 
Run,  adjoining  Samuel  Sentalls.     June  2,  1722.     No.  11,  page  114. 

Richard  Nance,  of  Prince  George  county,  142  acres  on  south  side 
Gravelly  Run  on  both  sides  of  the  Great  Branch,  in  Prince  George  county. 
June  22,  1722.     No.  11,  page  119. 

John  Nance,  of  Prince  George  county,  142  acres  south  side  Nollowav 
river,  Brunswick  county,  beginning  at  the  Indian  company's  upper  corner 
upon  the  river,  &:c.     Juh-  7,  1726.     No.  12,  page  51S. 

John  Nance,  of  Prince  George  county,  252  acres  on  north  side  of 
Hatcher's  Run,  adjoining  his  old  land  south  side  of  Picture  Branch.  June 
26,  1 73 1.     No.  14,  page  161. 

Daniel  Nance,  junior,  of  Prince  George  county,  200  acres  both  sides  of 
Picture  Branch  adjoining  upper  line  of  John  Nance  on  the  north  side  of 
Picture  Branch.     June  20,  1733.     No.  15,  page  88. 

Daniel  Nance  and  Edmund  Hall,  385  acres  Brunswick  county,  both  sides 
of  Jeneto  creek.     August  15,  1737.     No.  17,  page  383. 

Richard  Nance,  400  acres  Amelia  county,  north  side  Horsepen  creek  in 
the  Fork  of  Nottoway  river  adjoining  Miles  Thweats,  Samuel  Jordan,  and 
Als.     September  12,  1738.     No.  18,  page  104. 

Richard  Nance,  184  acres  Prince  George  count}-,  south  side  Gravilly 
Run  adjoining  his  own  land,  Francis  Eppes,  Thos.  Gent,  junior,  and  Cap- 
tain Francis  Eppes.     June  30,  1743.     No.  21,  page  420. 

John  Nance,  400  acres  Brunswick  county,  both  sides  of  Meherin  ri\  er.    ^__ 
August  28,  1746.     No.  24,  page  398. 

Wni.  Nance,  318  acres  Brunswick  county  on  south  side  Jeneto  creek. 
January  12,  1746.     No.  25,  page  239. 

Daniel  Nance,  244  acres  Brunswick  county  on  Avents  creek.  January 
12,  1746.     No.  25,  page  569. 

John  Nance,  3S5  acres  Lunenburg  county,  both  sides  north  fork  of  Dry     x — - 
creek.     July  25,  1749.     No.  27,  page  247. 

Richard  Nance,  210  acres  Lunenburg  county,  both  sides  Meherin  river. 
June  I,  1750.     No.  29,  page  225. 

Thomas  Nance,  290  acres  Lunenburg  county,  south  side  Harricane 
creek.     July  27,  1727.     No.  31,  page  341. 

John  Nance,   400  acres  Lunenburg  county,   both  sides  Meherin    ri\er,     ^^ 
adjoining  Richard  Nance.     September  10,  1755.     No.  31,  page  552. 

John  Nance,  junior,  400  acres  Lunenburg  county,  south  side  Owls  creek,    u^- 
September  10,  1755.     No.  31,  page  552. 

Daniel  Nance,  278  acres  Brunswick  county,  on  branches  of  Avents 
creek.     February  5,  I753-     ><'o-  32-  page  24. 

John  Nancys,    846  acres,  Brunswick   county.     June  16,    1756.     No.  33, 

page  19. 

Wm.  Nance,  390  acres  Lunenburg  county,  on  branches  of  Great  creek. 

August  16,  1756.     No.  33,  page  63. 

Wm.  Nance,  400  acres  Lunenburg  county,  on  branches  of  Roanoke 
river.     August  16.  1756.     No.  33,  page  223. 

Richard  Nance,  365  acres  Lunenburg  county,  south  side  Sprmgheld 
creek.     March  10,  1756.     No.  34,  page  14. 


340  The  Nance  Memorial. 


Thos.  Xance,  707  acres,  Lunenl)urg  county,  on  branches  of  Juniper 
•  creek.     February  5,  1757.     No.  34,  page  175. 

Daniel  Nance,  332  acres  Brunswick  county.  August  20,  1760.  No.  34, 
page  694. 

Wm.  Nance,  400  acres  Lunenbiug  county,  northeast  fork  of  Great  creek. 
May  23,  1763.     No.  35,  page  171. 

Thomas  Nance,  400  acres  Lunenburg  county,  on  l)ranches  of  Juniper 
creek.     August  15,  1764.     No.  36,  page  645. 

Reuben  Nance,  182  acres  b}-  survey  Novenil)er  20,  1765,  on  draughts  of 
Leatherwood  creek,  Henry  county.  July  4,  1780.  Book  of  Grants  "A," 
page  560. 

Giles  Nance,  1,574  acres  by  survey  March  24,  1756,  Halifax  county,  on 
branches  of  Cascade  and  Sugar  Tree  creek.  December  i,  1779.  Book  "B," 
page  158. 

Clement  Nance,  240  acres  by  survey  April  8,  1794,  Pittsylvania  countv, 
on  drafts  of  Cascade  creek  adjoining  James  Denton's,  McCann's,  Walton's, 
Clay's,  Isaac  Lumford's,  Richard  Farrer's.  October  20,  1790.   No.  36,  page  216. 

John  Nance,  33  acres  by  survey  June  26,  1795,  Mecklinburg  county 
adjoining  John  Cleaton,  junior,  Cleaton  &  Nance's  line.  July  12,  1797. 
No.  391,  page  423. 


EXHIBIT  "H  "   (A. 


In  the  name  of  God,  Amen  : 

I,  John  Nance,  of  Lunenburg  county,  and  Parish  of  Cornwall,  being  of 
perfect  health,  sound  mind  and  memor}-,  but  calling  to  mind  and  duly  con- 
sidering the  uncertainty  of  human  life,  do  make  and  ordain  this  as  my  last 
will  and  testament. 

1^'irst.  I  do  connnit  myself  to  Crod,  lU}-  creator  and  preserver,  trusting 
to  his  mercy,  b}-  the  merits  of  his  blessed  redeemer  for  the  remission  of  all 
my  sins,  my  body  to  be  decently  interred  at  the  discretion  of  my  executor 
herein  after  named. 

And  as  to  the  temporals  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bestow  on  me  I  give  and 
dispose  and  bequeath  thereof,  in  the  following  manner : 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  John,  one  shilling  Sterling. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  Thomas,  one  shilling  Sterling. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  un-  son,  Richard,  one  shilling  Sterling. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  William,  one  shilling  Sterling. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  Frederick,  the  land  and  plantation 
whereon  I  now  live,  being  three  hundred  acres  ( except  the  use  of  all  that 
part  of  the  plantation  that  lies  on  the  north  side  of  the  river  where  I  now 
live,  which  is  to  be  and  remain  in  the  possession  of  my  two  daughters,  Eliza- 
beth and  Molly,  during  the  whole  time  of  their  remaining  unmarried,  and 
no  longer,  and  then  the  same  with  all  the  privileges  and  appertenances  of 
the  whole  three  hundred  acres  to  become  the  property  of  my  son,  Frederick, 
his  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter,  Sarah,  one  shilling  Sterling. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter,  Jane,  one  shilling  vSterling. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter,  Phebe,  one  shilling  Sterling. 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter,  Susannah,  one  shilling  Sterling. 


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I  lend  unto  luy  two  daughters,  Elizaljeth  and  Molly,  the  cleared  land 
and  plantation  houses,  orchards,  etc.,  on  the  north  side  of  the  river,  together 
with  my  Negro  man,  Jack,  during  the  whole  time  they  shall  remain  unnjar- 
ried,  and  then  the  same  to  descend  to  my  son,  Frederick,  his  heirs  and 
assigns  forever. 

I  give  and  bequeath  all  the  real  of  my  estate  be  it  of  what  nature  soever 
it  will  (after  my  just  debts  and  legacies  be  paid  to  l)e  equally  divided 
between  my  two  daughters,  Elizabeth  and  IMolly,  to  them,  their  heirs  ami 
assigns  forever.  When  either  of  my  two  daughters  shall  marry,  she  is  no 
longer  to  enjoy  an}-  privileges  in  the  land  and  Negro,  but  then  totally  to  be 
in  the  possession  of  the  one  that  remains  single,  and  when  they  are  both 
married  or  die  which  shall  happen  first,  the  same  is  to  descend  to  Frederick, 
and  not  before. 

Lastly.  I  do  constitute  my  son,  Thomas,  whole  and  .sole  executor  of 
this  mv  last  will  and  testament,  making  null  and  void  all  other  wills  here- 
tofore made,  and  do  hereby-  ordain  and  declare  this  to  be  my  la.st  will  and 
testament. 

Witness  my  hand  and  .seal  this  28tli  day  of  February,  1761. 
In  the  presence  of  John  Nance. 

Geo.  Wai.ton, 
EzEKiAH  Jackson, 
Benj.  Ship. 

Certified  in  court,  July  6,  1762. 


EXHIBIT  "H"  {B.) 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen,  the  twenty-third  day  of  December,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  1771,  I,  Zachariah  Nance,  of  Charles  City  county,  being 
very  sick  and  weak  in  body,  but  of  perfect  mind  and  memory,  thanks  lie 
given  unto  God,  therefore  calling  unto  mind  the  mortality  of  my  body,  and 
knowing  that  it  is  appointed  for  all  men,  once  to  die,  do  make  and  ordain 
this  my  last  will  and  testament;  that  is  to  say  i)rincipally  and  first  of  all,  I 
give  and  reconunend  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  God  who  gave  it,  and  for  my 
body  I  recommend  it  to  the  earth  to  be  buried  in  a  Christian-like  and  decent 
manner  at  the  discretion  of  my  executor,  nothing  doubting  but  at  the  general 
resurrection,  I  shall  receive  the  same  again  by  the  mighty  power  of  C.od. 
and  retouching  such  worldly  estate  wherewith  it  hath  pleased  God  to  bless 
me  in  this  life,  I  give,  devise,  and  di.spose  of  the  same  in   the   following 

manner  : 

Item.     I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  James,  one  tenant  saw. 

Item.  I  give  to  my  son,  John  Nance,  the  remainder  part  of  my  land 
whereon  I  now  live,  after  his  mother's  death.  Also  my  long  gun,  also  one 
cow  and  yearling  conunonly  called  his,  also  one  sow  and  three  young  hogs 
commonly  called  his,  also  two  young  ewes,  the  stock  and  gun,  al  my  death. 

to  him  and  his  heirs. 

Item  I  give  unto  my  daughter,  Elizabeth  Nance,  after  her  mother  s 
death,  two  Negro  women,  Venus  and  Fillis,  also  two  cows  and  one  calf. 
alwavs  called  hers,  at  my  death,  to  her  and  her  heirs. 


342  The  Nance  Memorial. 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  son,  William,  one  Negro  boy  called  Ned,  when 
he  comes  to  age,  also  one  small  gun,  to  him  and  his  heirs,  also  my  wearing 
apparel. 

Item.  I  give  mito  my  daughter,  Susannah  Nance,  after  her  mother's 
death,  one  Negro  girl,  named  Morning,  also  one  gray  mare,  when  she  comes 
to  age,  to  her  and  her  heirs. 

Item.  I  give  unto  my  son,  Zachariah  Nance,  after  his  mother's  death, 
one  Negro  boy,  named  Tom,  to  him  and  his  heirs. 

Also  my  will  and  desire  is  that  all  my  remainder  of  my  estate  I  give 
unto  my  beloved  wife  during  her  life,  and  after  her  death,  to  be  equally 
divided  betwixt  my  four  youngest  children,  that  is  to  Elizabeth,  William, 
Susannah,  and  Zachariah.  Also  my  desire  is  that  my  son,  James,  and 
Henry  South,  are  my  whole  and  .sole  executors  of  this  my  last  will  and  te.sta- 
ment. 

Witness  my  hand  and  .seal  this  23rd  day  of  December,  1771. 
Ill  the  presence  of  ZACHARI.A.H  Nance,  [seai,.] 

Chas.  Pearson, 
Henry  Annistrad, 
Wm.  Vaughan. 

N.  B. — Also  my  will  and  desire  is  that  my  .son,  John  Nance,  shall  have 
my  wheelwright  tools. 

Probated  March  4,  1772.  Henry  South  becoming  sole  executor. 
James  Nance,  the  other  executor  named  in  the  will,  appeared  in  court  and 
renounced  the  executorship  thereof. 


EXHIBIT  "H"   (C.) 


In  the  name  of  God,  Amen  : 

I,  William  Nance,  of  the  Parish  of  Antrim,  county  of  Halifax,  and  state 
of  Virginia,  being  weak  in  body  but  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  thanks  be 
to  Almighty  God,  for  the  same,  do  make  this  my  last  will  and  testament, 
that  is  to  say,  first  of  all,  I  recommend  my  soul  to  God  that  gave  it,  and  my 
body  to  be  buried  decently  and  in  a  Christian-like  manner.  Secondly,  my 
will  and  desire  is  that  all  my  just  debts  and  funeral  charges  be  paid  by 
my  executor  hereinafter  to  be  mentioned. 

Item.  I  lend  unto  my  son,  Thomas  Vaughan  Nance,  during  his  natural 
life,  for  his  and  his  family's  maintainance,  one  Negro  man  named  Joe,  one 
horse  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  Prince,  also  all  the  .stock  and  furni- 
ture now  in  his  possession.  My  will  and  desire  further  is  that  all  my  land 
whereon  I  now  live,  be  sold  ])y  the  trustees  hereafter  to  l)e  mentioned,  and 
the  money  arising  from  the  sale  of  said  land,  to  be  laid  out  in  land  by  the 
said  trustees,  where  they  shall  think  proper,  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  my 
son,  Thomas,  his  wife  and  six  youngest  children,  during  his  and  her  natural 
life,  and  after  his  and  her  death,  I  give  and  bequeath  the  land  so  purchased 
by  the  trustees,  to  my  two  grandsons,  William  Nance,  son  of  Thomas,  and 
James  Nance,  son  of  Zachariah,  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever.  My  will 
and  desire  further  is  that  the  re.sidue  of  my  estate  lent  to  my  son,  Thomas, 
after  his  and  his  wife's  death,  be  equally  divided  among  his  six  youngest 
children,  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever.     I  also  constitute  and  appoint  my 


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son,  Zachariah  Nance  and  Daniel  Palmer,  trustees,  to  the  estate  lent  my  son, 
Thomas,  to  sell  my  land  as  before  mentioned,  and  apply  the  money  arising 
from  such  sale  as  before  directed,  and  see  that  the  estate  so  lent  is  not 
wasted  or  taken  away  from  the  use  and  lienefit  of  his  children  or  self  by  any 
judgment  whatever  or  any  other  ways,  Init  that  it  he  kept  by  the  said 
trustees  to  maintain  the  said  family  as  is  directed. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  Zachariah  Nance,  one  Negro 
man  named  Julius,  and  one  Negro  woman  named  Julia,  the  latter  now  in  his 
possession,  and  her  increase  from  the  year  1791,  to  him  ami  liis  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  lend  unto  my  daughter,  Elizabeth  Palmer,  one  Negro  woman 
named  Sew,  now  in  her  possession,  with  her  increase  from  the  eighth  of 
May,  1787,  during  the  natural  life,  and  after  her  death  to  be  equally  divided 
among  her  children,  except  the  two  eldest,  to  them  and  their  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter,  Sarah  Tucker,  one  Negro 
man  named  Charles,  and  one  Negro  woman  named  Betty,  now  in  her  ])os- 
session,  and  all  her  increase,  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  give  and  Ijequeath  to  my  granddaughter,  Levinia  Francis  Hates, 
one  Negro  woman  named  Charlotte,  and  her  increase  from  the  year  1794; 
also  one  feather  bed  and  furniture  with  all  the  stock  of  household  and 
kitchen  furniture  now  in  her  po.sses.sion,  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  grandson,  William  Nance,  .son  of 
Thomas  Vaughan  Nance,  one  feather  bed  and  furniture,  and  one  mare  colt 
that  was  got  by  the  horse  Garrick,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  granddaughter,  Mary  Vaughan 
Winters-Tucker,  one  Negro  woman  named  Rachel  (alias  I'rosty),  and  her 
child.  Matt,  with  her  future  increase  ;  one  feather  bed  and  furniture,  two 
cows  and  calves,  and  one  .sow  and  pigs,  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  granddaughter,  Mary  Nance,  one 
Negro  girl  named  Rhoda,  and  her  increase  ;  also  one  feather  bed  and  furni- 
ture now  in  her  possession,  to  her  and  her  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  mj-  grandson,  William  Palmer,  one 
Negro  boy  named  Abram,  now  in  his  possession,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  granddaughter,  Kitty  Palmer,  one 
Negro  girl  named  Nellie,  with  her  increase  ;  also  one  feather  bed  and  furni- 
ture, to  her  and  her  heirs  forever. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  James  W.  Bates,  son  of  James  Bates,  one 
Negro  boy  named  Elisha,  son  of  Charlotte,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever. 

Further,  my  will  and  desire  is  that  all  the  remainder  of  my  estate  that 
is  not  already  given,  such  as  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  and  hogs,  crop  of  every 
kind,  and  all  kinds  of  household  and  kitchen  furniture  with  every  article  of 
my  estate  not  already  given,  be  sold  by  my  executor  hereafter  to  l)e  men- 
tioned, at  twelve  months'  credit,  and  the  money  arising  from  such  sale,  after 
paying  all  my  just  debts,  I  give  and  bequeath  one-half  to  my  grandson. 
William  Nance,  son  of  Thomas,  to  him  and  his  heirs  forever,  and  I  give  the 
other  half  to  be  equally  divided  between  my  granddaughter,  Martha 
Vaughan's  (now   deceased)    two  infant  children,   to  them    ami  their  heirs 

forever. 

I^Iy  will  antl  desire  is  that  the  hands  be  kept  together  till  the  crop  is 
finished.     Further,  my  will  and  desire  is  that  two  of  my  Negroes.  ( to-wit), 


344  The  Nance  Memorial. 


Lewis  and  Bess,  be  free  to  act  and  do  for  themselves.  I  also  desire  that  onlj' 
that  part  of  my  estate  be  appraised  that  is  to  be  sold.  Lastly,  I  do  hereby 
nominate,  constitute,  and  appoint  my  friend,  Peter  Barksdale,  executor  of 
this  my  last  will  and  testament,  hereby  revoking  all  others. 

In  testimony  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  afifixed  my  seal 
this  28th  day  of  October,  1801.  Wii^uam  Nance,  [i,.  s.] 

Signed,  sealed,  and  acknowledged  in  the  presence  of 

Wii^LiAM  Snydkr, 
Anthony  Snyder, 

Entered  for  prol)ate  December  28,  1801.       Josiah  Clay. 


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RXHIBIT  "J." 

WILL  OF  MOSIAS  JONES. 

In  the  name  of  God,  Amen  : 

I,  Mosias  Jones,  of  Pittsylvania  countj',  state  of  Virginia,  being  weak  in 
body  but  of  perfect  mind  and  memory,  being  sensible  that  I  am  near  my 
latter  end,  do  make  and  ordain  this  to  be  my  last  will  and  testament.  I 
resign  my  soul  into  the  hands  of  Almighty  God  who  gave  it,  and  my  body 
to  the  earth,  to  be  interred  at  the  discretion  of  my  friends,  with  the  sure  and 
certain  hope  of  the  resurrection  to  eternal  life  at  the  last  day,  and  dispose  of 
my  worldly  goods  in  the  manner  and  form  following  : 

First,  I  do  constitute  and  ordain  Clement  Nance  to  be  my  executor, 
who  is  to  get  a  lawful  right  and  title  to  my  land,  whereon  I  now  live,  and  to 
sell  and  dispose  thereof,  to  the  best  advantage,  out  of  which  he  must  be  paid 
for  his  trouble  and  expense.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  ni)-  three 
daughters,  Susanna  Jones,  Martha  Jones,  Dianitia  Jones,  and  mj^  grand- 
daughter, Henrietta  Jones,  all  the  balance  of  the  price  of  the  above  men- 
tioned land,  to  be  equally  divided  between  them  four. 

Also  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  my  daughter,  Elizabeth  James,  one  shil- 
ling Sterling.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter,  Mary  Nance,  one 
shilling  Sterling.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter,  Nancy  Lee, 
one  shilling  Sterling.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  daughter,  Wilmith 
Massey,  one  shilling  Sterling.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  son,  Buckner 
Jones,  one  shilling  Sterling.  Also  I  give  and  bequeath  to  Lydda  Clarke,  all 
my  household  goods  and  kitchen  furniture,  to  be  by  her  possessed  at  my 
death. 

In  witness  whereof  I  do  hereby  set  my  hand  and  affix  my  seal  to  this  my 
last  will  and  testament,  this  eighteenth  day  of  August,  one  thousand  .seven 
hundred  and  ninety-six.  Mosias  M.  Jones,  [l.  S.] 

Signed,  sealed,  and  acknowledged  in  the  presence  of 

Henry  Lansford,     John  May, 

ISAM  Lansford,        Samuel  Strong. 
.    Probated  October  17,  1796. 


EXHIBIT  "K." 
ART  IN  THE  FAMILY. 

Mr.  Robert  Morton  Nance,  son  of  W.  E.  Nance,  of  Cardiff,  Wales,  who 
has  assisted  the  author  so  much,  is  a  young  man  who  is  gaining  some 
notoriety  as  an  artist.  He  is  too  modest  to  speak  nmch  of  himself  and  will 
not  consent  that  his  father  shall  do  so. 

After  several  attempts  the  author  has  gained  his  consent  to  use  the  fol- 
lowing over  his  own  signature.  He  has  reason  to  believe  that  much  stronger 
language  might  be  used,  showing  his  work  is  being  received  by  those  from 
this  country  as  well  as  in  Europe,  where  it  has  been  shown  exclusively  until 
now.  Members  of  the  family  visiting  the  Fair,  will  no  dombt  seek  out  this 
work  of  our  old  country  cousin. 


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23  Westbournk  Road, 

r-T.«   117   XT  T-  Penarth,  S.  Walks,  May  5.  1904. 

Geo.  W.  Nance,  Esouire.  ^^ 

Dear  Sir:— My  father  has  asked  me  to  write  out  a  few  facts  concerning 
my  work,  which  you  apparently  think  would  come  into  the  scope  of  your 
family  history. 

I  hope  I  am  only  yet  at  the  outset  of  my  professional  career,  and  there 
seems  very  little  to  say.  I  have  had  the  usual  experience  amonj^  artists  of 
feeling  my  way  to  the  type  of  work  that  is  most  congenial,  and  after  a  few 
years  of  varied  work,  book  illustrations,  figure  painting  ami  various  kinds 
of  decorative  work,  I  seem  to  have  found  in  painting  subjects  taken  frotii 
the  old  romantic  days  of  seafaring.  I  had  an  outlet  for  the  slowly  accumu- 
lating knowledge  of  old  shipping  that  I  had,  and  also  for  a  love  of  decorat- 
ing lines  and  colors.  I  have  since  then  devoted  myself  almost  entirely  to 
that  class  of  work,  exhibiting  it  mostly  in  London,  though  I  was  rejirest-taeil 
at  the  Tunic  exhibition  by  a  screen,  "The  Three  Ships  of  Columbus" 
(which  you  may  be  interested  to  know  was  sold  to  an  American),  and  I  am 
also  showing  a  screen  at  vSt.  Louis,  in  the  English  Applied  Art  Section,  the 
subject  being,  "  Blake  and  Van  Troup."  Yours  very  truly. 

R.  Morton  Nance. 

In  the  Pantheon,  at  Paris,  there  is  a  beautiful  memorial  tablet  with  this 
inscription,  "  Charles  Victor  De Nance." 

In  the  Field  Museum,  in  the  Fine  Arts  Building  of  the  World's  Fair, 
Chicago,  is  an  exhibit  located  in  the  gallery  of  the  we.st  court  directly  above 
"alcove, 105."  It  consists  of  a  jar  of  what  appears  to  be  bark,  and  a  card 
bearing  the  inscription,  "  Corteza  de  Nance,  Baja  Veradaz,  (Vautemala." 
The  number  is  1580. 

Dr.  Willis  O.  Nance,  Chicago,  came  across  both  the  tablet  and  the 
exhibit. 

"Nansemond,"  one  of  the  original  eight  counties  into  which  the 
Dominion  was  divided  for  local  administration  in  1634,  was  the  Indian  word 
for  "persimmon,"  and  had  no  relation  whatever  to  our  family  name. 

I  have  the  name,  only  the  name,  of  Captain  Thomas  Nance,  of  F;iizabeth 
City  county,  in  1688. 

In  1634  the  Dominion  of  Virginia  was  divided  into  eight  shires  or 
counties  :  Elizabeth  City,  Warwick,  York,  James  City,  Charles  City,  Prince 
George,  Isle  of  Wight,  and  Nansemond.  Surry  was  erected  from  Isle  of 
Wight  in  1652.  Brunswick  from  Surry  in  1720.  Lunenburg  from  Bruns- 
wick in  1742.  Halifax  and  Bedford  from  Lunenburg  in  1752  and  1753, 
respectively.     Pittsylvania  from  Halifax  in  1767. 


348  The  Nance;  Memorial. 


ABBREVIATIONS. 


IN  THK  BODY  OF  THE  WORK. 

b  stands  for  born.  h  stands  for  husband, 

d      "        "    dead  or  died.  w     "        "    wife. 

ni     "         "    married. 

One  year  following  name,  is  j'ear  of  birth. 

Two  years  with  hyphen  between,  year  of  birth  and  death. 

IN  THR  INDRXKS. 

tr  stands  for  trunk.  t  stands  for  twig. 

1        "        "   limb.  f       "        "    family, 

b       "         "    branch.  ta     "        "   table. 


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349 


INDEX, 


Containing  all  trnnks,  limbs,  branches,  and  Iwi^s,  ami  referring  to  the 
names  as  found  in  the  tables.  Wishin}^'  to  find  a  bud,  blossom,  or  fruit,  look 
for  the  parent  or  grandparent. 

PART   I. 


Allen.  Aitluisa  A.,  t 223 

Marv  Klla,  t 80 

Andrews,  Anna,  t 2.33 

Ashniore.  Bernice,  t 221 

Aylsworth,  Nanc}-  M.,  t..l61 


B 

Bailev,  Phoebe,  t 234 

Bare,"Anna  M..  t <U 

Barrows,  Caroline  I,.,  t...l69 

Basconi,  Mary  K.,  t 189 

Benson,  Kli:^abeth,  1 202 

Berriaii,   Genevra,  t 129 

Billingslv,  Anna  K.,  t....ir)7 

Blood,  Helen  A.,  t 161 

Boone,  Venevia.  t 231 

Bradbnrv,  I^ucinda  C,  t. .  26 

Brad.shaw,  Belle,  t 153 

Branhani,  Marv,  b 81 

Wni.  ,S.,  t....' 81 

Brock,  Klizabeth,  1 60 

Brockwav,  Martha,  t 34 

Bnllington,  A.  C,  t 221 

Marv  Long,  b 220 

R.  H.,  t 221 

S.  M.,  t 221 

Bullock,  Marv  A.,  t 29 

Bnrlington,  f)r.  J.  C,  I.  .220 

Bnrrows,  Kninia,  t ir)3 

Bnsbv.  Kpervia.  t 70 

Butle'r,  James,  t 132 

Letitia  B,  t 224 

Maria,  b 131 

William,  t 1.32 

Bnrton,  .^idmira  N.,  b 232 

Albert  J.,  t 56 

Bvron,  t 48 

Charles,  b .33 

Charles,  t 48,  233 

Clarence,  t 56 

Clement,  b 25 

Coleman,  t .34 

David  T.,  t 49 

Dorothv.  1 25 

Edmon'd.  t 48 

George  H..  t 27 

Giles,  t 233 

Henry,  t 233 

Ira.  t 48 

Lshani,  t 2.33 

James,  t 2.32 

James  F.,  t 49 

James  M..  t 26,  .34 

James  R.,  b 49 

Jo.seph .  t 49,  .56 

Joseph  Clement,  t 27 


Bnrton,  Jostphns,  b |i'i 

Josephus  li.,  t 16 

Lucy  N..  t 27 

Marion,  t 46 

Thomas,  b 18 

Thomas,  t 33 

Svl vester.  t 16 

Wilev  C,  b .56 

Willi'am,  t 34 

William  K..  t 26 


Carlock.  I.iz/ie  I.ong.  t.  .  .2IS 

Carlson.  Mary,  t i:i3 

Carman.  Dorothy,  t .31 

Castle.  .Sarah  B.,  t 110 

Caul.  Kli/.abeth,  t 33 

Cau.sey.  Media,  t 213 

Chamberlain  Family 2.36 

Champlin.  Marv  K..  I 27 

Cha.se.  \'ersalia".  t 80 

Coats.  Martha  M..  t 179 

Coffeen.  Mellie,  t 19 

Cook,  David,  t 11 

James  H..  t 41 

John,  t 41 

Josephus,  t 41 

Lucrctia,  b 40 

Minerva  B..  t 132 

William,  t 10 

Crandall.  Nancv  K..  t....l57 

Crane,  Mary  K.".  t Ill 

Crawford.  Candace.   t 161 

Cravton.  Elizabeth,  t 29 

Crosthwait.  Marv  .M..  t...l77 

Crowel.  Lucinda'C.  t 27 

Cunningham.  Kpervia,  t.  .33 


Dale.  .Mcesta  A.,  t 80 

Emma  J.,  t 80 

Helen,   t 225 

Darlington,  Phoebe,  t 2.34 

Dewees,  America,  b 1.56 

David,  t 157 

Ira  A.,  t 1.57 

John  O..  t 157 

Lee.  t 1.57 

Thomas,  t 157 

William,  t 1.57 


Ebilsi/.tr.  Colnmbirs,  t.  ..2.'15 

Klizabtth.  b 2."i5 

Edler.  N'ancv  A.,  t 185 

Ed.son.  Eliz.abeth.  t 82 

Elliott,  Mary  .S.,  b 123 


F 
Fairbunk-.  Fli/.ibilh.  t ..   M 

Falls.  Ella,  t 234 

Fe.s,scndeii .  Fdw.ini   I 1.53 

Minerva,  b  j.vi 

Foster,  I-Mi/.a  J  .  1  -j^ 

Matilda,  t I.TI 

Fowler.  .-Vdii.t.  I. .  6| 

Fox.  Marv  A.,  t 1K5 

Fugit,  Mary    Klin,  t 80 


G 

George.  Mary,  t 157 

Goodwine.  Emma  J  .  1         80 

Graham,  .Agues  M  .  | |vi 

Gresham.  Bciij.  W.   I.     .   185 

George  C.  t |R5 

James  E..  t  181 

.Susan,  b  .  |s|    IW 

Griggs.  Ella    1  2.33 

G.ufTey.  Mnry,  laniily  18 

Gunii.  Emma,  I '. . .  .     61 

{iutiii  l-'.imilv 2.39 


H 

IlanccH-k.  Nancy  M  .  b...  AA 

Manger,  .\vestn'.  t |97 

Hammers.  I.aura.  t 235 

Harber.  Dorothv.  t 4.3 

B.  F..  t 192 

E.  D.,  I..  1!C 

J.  W..  t.  .IK 

Mina.  t IK 

Martha  Nance,  h 190 

Harbison.  Marv  E  .  t 1R4 

Nancy  M     t  ' K» 

Harper.  .Vngiisliis.  l 225 

Hcnriella.  t 225 

Nancv  Waklcn.  b 225 

Gsca  r.  1 225 

Hickujan.  Tncv.  t 2S4 

Holden.  I/vkv  A     1 160 

Hopkins.  .AKilora  D..  t.      W 
Howard.  Dorothv.  h.  . 

Man,-  A.  t...  ." 

Nancv  E..  t 

Willi-ini.  t 
Hulsc.  I..aiira    t 

Hunt.  Marv  N  .  t 

Ihinter.  ICII.t.  t 
Hurlcss.  Minerva  J.,  I. 
Huselton.  Josephine.  I.  . 
Hyatt,  .\rtlui.sa,  t. 
Josephine,  t. 


127 
IftI 
1.11 
127 

.2ri 

301 

.5*5 

.   73 

171? 

.1.13 

AX 


Hydlcr.  Mary,  t 132 


350 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


Inman,  Chas.  \V.,  t 231 

Navaston,  t 231 

Versalia,  b 230 

Irviii,  Madina,  t 157 

J 

Jennings.  KHzabetli,  t.  ..213 

Franklin  B.,  t 223 

Martha  Long,  b 223 

William  O.,  t 223 

Jone.s,  Alzina,  t 82 

Nancy,  t 82 

Jordon.Jane  Nance,  1 196 

K 

Kellv,  Marv  K,  t 34 

Kelso,  Marv  Nance,  b 200 

Kimble,  Sarah  A.,  t 184 

King,  Emma,  t 234 

Maria  L,.  t 136 

Kingery,  Cornelia  A.,  t. ..  94 

Kinnear,  Candis,  t 176 

Kintner,  Chas.  J..  1 121 

Klizabeth  Shields,  b..  .119 

James  P..  t 121 

"William  H.,  t 121 

Kistler,  Carrie  Oatman,  t  179 

L 

I„akin,  Olive,  t 49 

I<ane,  Nancv  Nance,  b.  ..13.") 

L,anther,  Jaiie,  t 233 

Lawrence,  Martha,  t 234 

l,eigh,   Anna,  t 233 

Lemmon,   Kpervia,  t 231 

l,emuel,  Nancy  May,  t...  59 

Leverett,  Julia  A.,  t 174 

Lewis.  Arthu.sa.  t 133 

Ivirley,  Loni.sa,  t 225 

l_,ong,  Klizabeth  Nance,  1  202 

Hardin  S.,  t 218 

James  W.,  t 218 

William,  b 218 

William  A.,  t 218 

London,  Elizabeth,  t 59 

M 

Mobry.  Lucy  C,  t 174 

Marioneaux.  Iva  Anna,  t..l80 

Marney,  Ella,  t 49 

Maxwell,  Ella,  t 133 

McCrae,  Catharine  H.,  t. .  93 

McDowell,  Martha,  t 48 

McKav,  Amanda,  t 44 

McKinnev,  Carrie  J.,  t..  .189 

Mitchell,  Frederick,  t 29 

James  P.,  t 29 

Josephus,  t 28 

Nancy,  b 28 

Nancy  A.,  t 58 

Susan  Long,  b 225 

William,  t 28 

Moore,  Anna  L,  t 121 

Mosier ,  Dorothy  J . ,  t 27 

Susan  A.,  t.  ..' 197 

Myers,  Lucretia.  t 43 

N 

Nance  or  Nantz — 

Absalom,  b 235 

Albert,  t 133 

Albert  S..  t 201 

Albinus,  t 140 

Alonzo  C,  t 60 

Alson  A.,  t 73 

Alva,  t 2.35 

Harharan,  t 234 

Benjamin,  1 201 


61, 


Nance  or  Nantz — 
Benjamin  F".,  b. 
Burton  F".,  t . . . . 

Charles,  t 

Charles  H..  t.  .. 

Clement,  tr 

Clement,  1 

Clement,  b 

Clement  D.,  b 

Clement  F"..  t 

Clement  H..  b 

Clement  P.,  t 

Cooper,  b 

David,  b 

FHizabeth,  t 

F;per\^ia,  b 

F'rancis  M.,  t 

Frank,  t 61 

Frank  P..  t 73 

Franklin,  t 

Frederick.  F'amily.  ... 

F'reman  A.,  t 

Genevra.  t 


.201, 


.58, 
..59 


George  R.,  t. . . 

George  W.,  t.  . 

Georia,  b 

Giles,  1 

Giles,  J.,  t 

Harriett,  t 

Harvey  A.,  t.  . . 

Henry,  t 

Henry  H..  t 

Hiram,  Dr.,  b. 

Hiram  I..  Dr.,  t 

James,  b 

James  D.,  t 

James  H.,  t 

J.  Lewis,  t 

James  L.,  t 

James  R.,  1 

Jane,  t 

John,  t 

John  S.,  b 

John  T.,  Captain,  t 

John  Wesley,  1 

John  Wesley,  b 

John  Wesley,  t 

Jo,seph,  t 

Lafayette,  t 

Mary  E.,  t 

Mosias,  1 

Mosias,  b 

Mosias,  I 

Myra,  t 

Navaston,  b 

Orville  A.,  t 

Orville  R..  b 

Reuben, t 

Richard  W.,  t 

Robert,  t 

Robert  Chamberlain,  b 

Robert  Clement,  t 

Roswell,  S.,  t 

Roy.  Dr.,  t 

Tacy.  t 

Thomas  A.,  t 

Venervia,  b 

William,  1 

William,  b 

William,  t 131, 

William  A.,  b 

William  Clement,  t.... 

William  Coleman,  t 

William  H.,  Dr,,  b 

William  Joseph,  b 

Willis  O.,  Dr..  t 

Nichols,  Maggie  P.,  t.... 

Norman,  Nancy  May,  t.. 

.^Nuuemacher,  Avesta  S.,  t 


.190 
.140 
235 
.140 
.  9 
.183 
.127 
,  58 
.  195 
.194 
.131 
.235 
.  71 
.  29 
.231 

62 
190 
227 
190 
237 

73 
195 
229 

73 
226 
232 
233 
234 
229 
234 
133^ 
137 
140 
234 

73 

59 
234 
229 
226 
234 
,  60 
131 
195 
200 
233 
201 

59 

61 
129-i 

57 

61 

58 
234 
227 
229 
229 
234 
129 
201 
185 
185 
140 
140 
235 
229 
231 
125 
200 
201 
190 

58 

60 
132 

59 
140 

73 

71 
114 


Oatman,  Adolphus,  Dr.,t  176 


Oatman,  Albert  f;.,  t 174 

Artela,  F;iiz.,  t 224 

Benjamin,  t IfiO 

Cande,  t 176 

Charles  H.,  t 176 

Clement,  b 1.59 

Edward  J.,  t itig 

Faigene  F.,  t 176 

George  F". ,  t 169 

Hardin,  b 172 

Henry  Clay,  t 174 

Ira  f:.,  b..'. 176 

James  R. ,  b 175 

Jes.se,  b 166 

John.  Jr.,  1) 173 

John  B.,  t 177 

John  C,  t 173 

John  Win.,  t 176 

Joseph,  b 160 

Julia  Long,  b 222 

M.  C,  t 173 

Nancy  May,  1 154 

P.  H.,  t 173 

Pleasant  S.,  b 177 

Simeon,  b ],59 

Wick,  t 173 

William  A.,  Dr.,  b 176 

William  B.,  t 174 

Victor,  Dr..  t 177 

O'Brien,  Frankie,  t 176 

Sarah  F:ilen,  t 1.59 

Owens,  Phoebe,  t 234 

P 

Painter,  Phoebe,  t 2.34 

Palmer,  Vensalia,  t  .1 80 

Parker,  Anna,  t 136 

Parmlev,  Elvira  V..  t 161 

Patten. 'Mary  S.,  t 221 

Pectol,  Nancy  May,  t 71 

Perine,  Mary  O.,  t 173 

Perkins,  Anna,  t 235 

Pierpoint,  John,  t 235 

Phoebe  Nance,  b 235 

Pierce,  Martha  A.,  t 220 

Pixlev,  Emma,  t 1.53 

Poi.sal,  Rachel  L,  t 27 

Potter,   Pe«nelia,  t 1.32 

Pyle,  Martha,  t 213 


R 

Raw.son,  .Sarah  f;.,  t .56 

Reed,  F;iizabeth,  t 46 

Richardson,  Aaron,  b 203 

Aaron  A.,  t 213 

Alonzo,  t 205 

Charles  R.,  t 213 

Fllizabeth,  1 202 

James  H,,  t 205 

James  M.,  b 211 

Jane  Nance,  1 196 

Lycurgus,  t 205 

Margaret  Nance,  b 185 

Mary  Nance,  b 185 

Mary  E.,  t 176 

Nancv,  t 132 

William  F.,  Rev.,  t 205 

William  R.,  t 213 

Ridley,  Mary  Inman,  t..  .231 

Robe.son,   Margaret,! 213 

Robinson.  Mary  J.,  t 184 

Permelia,  t.  ." 131 

Rogers,  Anna  Nance,  t...l29 
Ross,  Dorothy  Nance,  b..l27 

Routh,  Henry  H.,  t 69 

Mary  Nance,  b 69 

Mosias  N.,  t 69 

Theodore  F.,  t 69 

Ru.ssell,  Charles,  t 69 

Elizabeth  J,,  b 71 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


351 


Russell.  Francis  M.,  t 71 

Isahelle,  t 68 

Liicretia,  t 56 

Mary  Nance,  h 69 

Willlani  X.,  t 69 

Family 238 

Ryner.soii.  F'rancis  M..  t.i;j6 

Nancy  Nance,  h ]3."( 

Robert   F).,  t im 

Wallace  M..  t 1,36 

s 

Sands.  Martha,  t 184 

Shaw.  Isani.  t 82 

James  W.,  !> 82 

Loviisa.  1) 81 

Pleasant,  t 82 

Stisan  Nance.  1 81 

Thomas,  t 82 

William,  t 82 

Shields.  Chas.  W..  I'rof.,t  87 

Clement  N..  b 113 

David  P.,  t 114 

Edward  P.,  Rev.,  t 93 

Elias.  t 94 

Eliza,  b 1,59 

Greenberry  F".,  t 93 

Henry  B..  b 89 

James  G,.  t 114 

James  H..  t 93 

James  R..  b 86 

Marv  Nance.  1 83 

Pleasant  S.,  Dr..  b 118 

.Sally  P..  t 119 

Shilton,  Adella,  t 140 


Slack.  Kittic,  t 2.V> 

Ivi/./.ie.  t 2;i"i 

Phoebe,  b 23."i 

Smith.   Arthu.sa.  t 223 

Ivlizabeth.   t 60 

Jane  Ilowartl.  t 127 

Mar^jaret,  1 69 

Marv.  t 22,"> 

Mary  J.,  t !{« 

Soule.  Marv  May.  t 176 

Snider,  .Addie  D.,  t 189 

Albert  ,\..  t l«<t 

Jienjamin  F.,  t 189 

Granville  II. .  1 189 

Henry  i;.,  t 1X9 

Jane  Nance,  b 1S7 

l^aura.   t 1S9 

Robert,  t 1S9 

Stanley  M..  1 1K9 

Speak.  Margaret,  t 71 

Sprinjigate,  M.'irtha.  t..  .189 

.Sterling;,  .\nKie.  t 1.')3 

Stevens.  Marv  .\nn.  fam- 
ily  '. 176 

Veiieva.  Iv.  t 80 

Stewart.  Amelia,   t 41 

Stockdale.  Epervia,   t 70 

Stonerock.  Dorotliv.  t....   Xi 
Swift,  F;va,  t .' l,-i3 


Thornton.  .-Vnna  Nance,  t  190 

Tripp,  Rntha.  t .jS 

Twomev,   Margaret,!....  69 
Tyler,  Sarah  A.,  t 49 


Van  Nest,  llaiiif,  l 


I'.'.' 


w 

Waldeii.  F:ii/^-il>cth,  1 3t»2 

Wallace.  .\nna.  t ||9 

.Sar.ih  Catharine,  t 73 

Walls    Harriett.  I : . .  eO 

Ward    Minerva,   t l.Vp 

I'ermelia.  t 2fVi 

W.irri  II   Joannn  ShiricK.tM 

Washluirn    Ma.  t 4A 

Welili    Pernielin.  J.b..     IM 

Wells   .\nielia  J.,  I M 

Wilkinson.  .\niancLi,  li     .|.'i2 

l''c<I  A.,  t va 

Hiram  I..  ( i.vj 

M.-irv  N..ncc,  b 2S4 

Mary  May.  t |.V3 

Williamson".   Sii.tiiti    (hu- 
man, t 173 

Wolf.  MarKarel  V  .  b 79 

Wright,  .Addison.  1 43 

Kenjaniin   I-'.,  t  || 

Elizabeth,  b j:( 

Jacob  C.  1 43 

John  H,,  t 43 

Josephus,  t 43 

•Sy  1  vester,  t ID 

William    I    |;| 


PART   II. 


CHAPTER  I.— ZACHARIAII  NANCK. 


A 

Adams.  Ann,  t 2,")."> 

Andrews,  Clamlia,  I 267 

Armstrong  Family 2.')4 

Aten,  Mary  J. ,  t 2,")6 

B 

Barrett.  Mamie,  t 260 

Batterman,  Lena,  t 273 

Berry,  Jane,  t 247 

Bigg's,  Alice,  t 248 

Bingley  Family 284,  28.') 

Birk,  Lucy,  t 26.5 

Bixler  Family 270 

Bowman   Family 280 

Brandenbnrg  Family  . , .  .281 
Brotherton.  Kittie,  t 267 


c 

Cannon.  Sarah,  t 246 

Carter.  Mary,  t 273 

Case,  Amelia  J. ,  t 265 

Clark,  Laura,  t 248 

Cole.  Rebecca  A.,  t 246 

Craig  Familv 260 

Crews.  Sarafi  C. .  b 280 

Cross.  Sarah  E.,  t 269 

D 

Dalton,   Fannie,  t 270 

Grace  B,,  t 270 

Katie  D.,  t 270 

Darrel,  Jane,  t 248 

Deariug,  Lizzie,  t 271 


E 

F;ikins.  Addie,  t 279 

F;iliott.  Lillie  M.,  t 270 

Lulu,  t 279 

F 
Farmer  Family 270 

G 

Gold.sbv  Family 28.5 

Goodie"  Bettie.  t 247 

Goodwin.  Carrie  B..  t...  274 

Guffey,  Effie.  t 271 

Gum.  Matilda,  t 2.56 

H 

Hall.  Elizabeth,  tr 243 

Laura,  t 249 

Hampton.  Anna  C,  t 271 

Hart.  Lulea  E,  t 280 

Hash  Familv 2&4 

Herdman.  Miner\a.  t 248 

Hill  Familv 281,283 

Home  Family 280 

K 

Kelly,  Marie,  t 265 

Kilbourn  Family 263,  265 


I^ikens,  V„  t 248 


M 

^^^rcy,  Marv,  1 2.53 

Marti'n,  Lulii,  t 283 

.Sarah,  t 217 

Mauk    Hettie  J.,   t 2rt7 

Mayner.  .\nine,  t 279 

McF;iheny.  .\nnie  E     t  .265 
Mcl-arland.  Mary  !•;..  t.     280 

Moore  Family  .     260 

Morris.  .Annie  L..  1 278 

Mo.ss.  Jennie  Q..  t 267 

Myers.  Mae  F..  t 271 

Myuatt.  Barilla  A,.t 246 


N 

Nance  or  Nanlz — 

.Abraham  1...  t 25,5 

.Albert  D  .  t 271 

Albert  G.  b 273 

Allen  Q.  1 274 

.Allen  Q..  t 281 

.Amos  I).,  t 2»» 

.Amos  D. .  b 270 

.Archie  D..  t TiO 

Carev,  1 284 

Carlie  L..  t 2S0 

Cecelia  K..  t 246 

Charles,  t 246  156 

Charles  C  t 278 

Charles  H.  b 2iW 

Charles  L,,  t 2.'i3 

Charles  P..  b 23«) 

Claud  S..  t 2»rt 

David  C.  b 275 

David  W..  t 281 

D.  Crilteuden,  t 271 


352 


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Nance  or  Nantz — 

Delia,  t 270 

D.  Milton,  b 253 

Douglas  S.,  t 270 

Eaton.  1 284 

Klias,  b 246 

Elijah  J.,  t 246 

Emma  S..  t 271 

Florence  S.,  t 249 

F.  Carev.  b 249 

Frederick,  t 266 

Fred  E.,  t 246.280 

Geneva,  t 249 

George  McF..  t 281 

George  W. .  1 254 

George  W. ,  t 255,  260 

Glen  C.  t 249 

Gu.s.  A,,  b 279 

Hardin,  t 266 

Hardin  W.,  t 249 

Harry  L  ,  t 270 

Harrv  W.,  t 249 

Henry,  b 246> 

Henry,  t 255- 

Henry  W.,  t 256 

Hester  E.,  t 269 

Horace  G.,  t 274 

loma  Eka,  t 280 

James,  tr 243 

James,  1 247 

James,  b 246,  248 

James,  t 246.  255,  266 

James  A.,  t 278 

James  D.,  t 269 

James  F..  t 248 

James  H..  b 260 

J.  Frank,  t 249 

Jane,  t 255 

Japhat.  t 246 

John,  tr 243 

John,  b: 246 

John,  t 255 

John  H.,  t 260 

John  L.,  b 269 

John  h..  t 246 

John  M.,  t 266 

John  W..  b 260 

John  W.,  t 246 

|oe  John,  b 260 

Joseph  C.  t 280 

Joshua,  1 267 

Joshua,  b 255 

Joshua,   t 255 

Joshua  J.,  t 269 

Julia,  t 247 

Katie,  t 281 

I^ee,  t 270 

Leo,  H.,  t 260 


Nance  or  Nantz — 

Leonard,  t 281 

Lewis,  t 255 

Loui.sa  J.,  t 249 

Loui.se,  t 274 

Mary,  t 249->i. 

Mary  W.,  b 263 

Melville  L..  b 248 

Milton  D.,  t 253 

Milton  S..  t 269 

Mylo.  t 247 

Nancy,  t 255 

Olin  "B.,  t 267 

Otway  Bird,  1 262 

Otway,  b 246 

OtvvaV,  t 246,  255,  270 

Phillfp,  b 246 

Quilla,  t 278 

Richard  A.,  b 263 

Robert,  1 245 

Robert,  t 247 

Rutha  J.,  t 246 

Sallie,  t 255 

.Sallie  E.,  t 281 

.Samuel,  b 246 

.Samuel  H..  b 267 

.Sarah,  b 246 

.Sevignia  E.  t 249 

.Simeon,  b 247 

Thomas,  t 270 

Thomas  A.,  t 246 

Thomas  F.,  t 248 

Thomas  H. ,  b ..... .  246,  272 

Thomas  J. ,  1 . .  272 

Thomas  J.,  t 274 

Thomas  L.  H.,  t 255 

Tilton  W.,  t 266 

Turner  R.,  t 246 

Wash.  J.,  b 260 

Wash.  L.,  t 281 

William,  tr 243 

William,  t 247,  255 

William  D.,  b 270 

William  G.,  t 269 

William  T,  b 263 

Willis,  t 255 

WilkieC,  t 281 

Winnie  Davis,  t 281 

Zachariah  I.,  Family..  .243 
Zachariah  II..  tr. .....  .243 

Zachariah  H..  1 259 

Zachariah,  b 266 

Nel.son,  Hepsey  A.,  t 248 

Nickels,  Martha  f;..  t 260 


o 

Odom  Family., 


;7i 


P 

Pierce  Family.. 247.  248 

Pyle,  Mary  J.,  t 256 

R 

Randies,  Martha  M..  t,.  .2,56 

Reagan  F'amily 278.  279 

Reynolds,  Mattie,  t 271 

Rus.sell,  Anna,  t 248 

s 

.Schirding.  Hattie  B.,  t...274 

.Shell,   .Su.sannah.  tr 243 

.Shipley.  FIvelyn.  t 249 

Short,  Elizabeth,  t 2.56 

Smith,  Albert,  t 267 

.Smith,  J,  Frank,  t 267 

Smith,  Martha  M,,  t 2,56 

Smith,  Sarah  J.,  b 267 

Smith,  Wallace,   t 267 

.Snead  Family 267 

.Sprowls,  F'annie  B,,  t....266 

.Stevenson,  Edna  J.,  t 249 

.Storms,  Minerva,  t 248 

.Strother,  Lena  H.,  t 267 

Struble,  Albert,  t 273 

Alice,  t 266 

Harriet  B.,  b 273 

Swan  F'amil}- 271 

T 

Thomas,  Dora,  t 248 

Effie  L.,  t 249 

Thompson,  Fannie,  t 266 

V 

Van  Horn,  Caroline,  t 249 

F'annie,  t 249 

Vencill,  Alice,  t 266 

w 

Walker,   Mattie,  t 246 

Warnsiug,  Catharine,  t.,274 
Williams,  Caroline,  b....272 

Nellie,  t  272 

Parthenia  H.,  b 266 

Stella  J,  t 272 

Wyatt.  James  J.,  t 266 

Nancy  J.,  b 266 

Wynne,  FHizabeth,  b 273 


Zechnian,  Hep.sey  A.,  t.  ,.248 


CHAPTERS    II.  TO  VII. 


Addison,  Leila  E,,  b. 
Wallace  G.,  t 


.288 
.288 


B 

Barksdale,  C.  D.,  t 288 

J,  A,,  t 288 

Martha,  b 288 

W.  J,  D,,  t 288 

Baxter,  Frances  C,  b 288 

Best,  Mary  A,,  t 319 

Billings,  A.  C,  1 296 

Black,  Martha  J,,  t 305 

Bohannon,  Mary  J.,  b....324 

Boyd.  Harriett,  t 319 

Bump.  Mary  l-C,  t 332 

Burcliard,  .Sarah  C,  b 326 


Burnett,  Celia,  t .313 

Katharine,  b 326 

Missouri,  b 324 

Bush,  Mary  A,,  1 295 

Butler,  Laura,   1 288 

Waldo,  b 288 

Byram,  Nancy  C,  t ,322 

c 

Caldwell,  P,  C,  1 288 

Calmes,  Martha,  I 288 

Chandler,  Mi,ss  Nance,  tr  .331 

Cochran,  .Sophia,  b 321 

Colby,  .Sarah,  t 326 

Comi)ton,  Harriett,  b 326 

Cooper,  Maggie,  b. , 296 

Covington,   Virginia,  b.,  .295 
Cox,  l,ucy  A.,  t 319 


Dodds.  C,  b 321 

Dunlap.  R.  N.,  b 288 

.Sarah,  1 288 

Duncan,  Harriet  E.,  t,..,319 


Evans,  Lucy,  t. 


.288 


F 

Fair.  Marie  W. .  b 288 

Marv,  t 288 

Robert,  t 288 

Rutherford,  t 288 

Wm.  J.,  t 288 


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353 


I 


Fox,  Henry,  t 326 

Jane,  b 326 

Fouche,  Minerva  1,.,  t. .  ..319 


Gage,  Mrs.  Victor,  t 288 

Gorday,  Caroline  E.,  t..  .219 


H 

Hall.  Mary,  b 296 

Hamilton,  .Sarah  M.,  b..  .296 

Harris.  Mary  K.,  t 319 

Helm,  Marv  N.,  t 329 

Hou.se,  Mafv,  1 331 

Hunt,  I.ucy'B.,  t 288 


Jones,  A.  Tilman,  t 29(i 

Ira  P..  t 296 

Martha  ?:.,  b 296 

Mary  K.,  t 319 

K 

Kimbro,  Elizabeth,  1 296 


I,amar,  I.aura  E.,  t 288 

I„amb,  Catharine,  b 321 

I^aurie,  Katharine,  t 326 

Lawrence,  He.ster,  b 331 

Layman,  Louisa  C,  t 32.") 

Leavenworth,  Eliza  C,  t  331 

Ledford,  Emma   F.,  t 310 

Oney,  b 310 

Lincoln,  .Su.san  A.,  t 322 

M 

Mabrv,  Onev,  t 310 

Malonev,  Martha,  1 296 

Marks,  Martha,  t 322 

Matlock,  Antoinette,  1..  ,L9(5 
Ma.xwell.  Mrs.  James,  t..288 

McCain,  Elizabeth,  b 321 

McCaughrin,  Frances,  t..288 

James  N.,  t 2SS 

Laura  K..  b 288 

Lucv,  t 288 

Nannie,  t 288 

McCloskv,  Marv,  t 305 

McDole,  Elniira  F.,  t 305 

McGiffin.  Julia,  b 326 

Katharine,  t 326 

.Serena,  t 326 

William,  t 326 

Mclnto.sh,  Frances  M..  t.288 

Mings,  S.  F:iiz,  t 322 

Morri.s,  Mrs.,  b 288 

Murrell,  Sicily,  1 2% 

N 

Nance,  A.  J.,  t 305,  305 

Albert,  t 311 

Alfred,  1 ', 288 

Alfred  H.,  t 330 

Alfred  R.,  t 327 

Allen,  t 330 

Allen  B..  t 318 

Almon  L.,  t 308 

Archibald,  b 318 

Archibald  J.,  b 332 

Archibald  J.,  t 332 

Archibald  W..  b 319 

Ben  E..  t 329 

Benj.  A..b 329 

Benj.  Estes,  t 314 


Nance,  Benj.  F.,  b 296 

Penj.  P..  t 325 

Bethenia   H..  b 295 

Bird.  Captain.  1 308 

Calaway  B..  t 319 

Charles,  b 296 


Charles  B.,  t 326 

Charles  S,,  t 329 

Charles  W..  t 322 

Clement,  tr 292 

Clement,  b 319,  331.  320 

Clement,  t ;«0 

Clement,  1 308 

Clement  W..  1 295  j 

Constantine.  b 295 

David,  Family 286  ' 

DayidT.,  t...'. 326 

Drayton,  1 288  j 

F;at6n,  tr 328  I 

F;aton,  b 329  i 

Edmond,  1 309  ' 

F;dwin,  t 313 

E.  Edmond,  t 329 

F'rasmus,  tr 293 

Fleming    b 311 

Francis  M.,  t 321 

Frank,  t 310  , 

Frederick,  Major,  tr  ..  .287 

Frederick,  1 292,  288 

Frederick,  b :«1,  311 

Frederick  W,,  1 '296 

Frederick  W.,  b 29(> 

George,  tr 329 

George,  i 329 

George,  b 330,  296  I 

George  \V.,  t...33I.  330,  324 

Giles,  tr 328,  293 

Harbert,  b 330 

Harry  S.,  t 327 

Hary'ey,  t 318,  311 

Henry,  b 326,  306'~*- 

Henry,  t 330^ 

Herman  F.,  t 326 

Ira,  b 324 

Isham,  1 3C18 

James,  1 325,  327,  326 

James,  b  ..  29(i,  327,  :;95,  liT, 
\  311.  318.  327 
'(  327,  326 

James  B.,  t 326 

James  D..  b 1'88 

James  D..  t 330,  288 

James  H,,  b 327 

James  H . ,  t 327 

James  L- ,  t 305 

James  W..  t 305 

Jefferson,  b 319.  319 

Jefferson  A.,  t 3(6 

J.  K.  G.,  Captain,  b  ....288 

Jeptha  G.,  b 310 

Jes.se,  t 330 

Je.s.se  P.,  t ;bo 

Joel,  b 319 

Joel,  1 32(1 

John,  tr 321 

John,   1 308 

John,  b 313 

John  A.,  b 330 

John  A.,  t 322 

John  C,  b 319 

John  F.,  t 329,  314 

John  H..  t 305 

John  P..  t 310 

John  Webb,  b 321 

John  Wesley,  b . .  .325.  308 

Jo.seph,  1 304 

Jo.seph,  b 395 

Jo.seph,  t 308 

Joseph  H..  b 324 

Josiah  C.  1 295 

Jo.4iah  W..  b 295 

J.  W.,  t 324 

Leonard  C,  t 218 


James,  t. 


Nance.  Les.senby.  t 309 

L.  ^L,  t .' 329 

Logan,  b 324 

Madison,  b 308 

Martin,  b 305 

Mary  Anne,  b 310  — 

Miles  R..  b 324 

Mollie  f:.,  t 310 

Monroe,  t 332,  320,  311 

Montgomery  B.,  b 296 

Moscow,  b 326 

Nathaniel,  1 312 

Neuton.   t 327 

Norman  B.,  t 326 

Pa.schal,  t 318 

Paschal,  b 319 

Patrick,   b 305 

Patrick,  t ;M8 

Peter,  b 330,  318 

Peyton  S..  1 309 

Peyton  W.,  b 310 

Pryor,  t 318 

Reuben,  tr 303 

Reuben,  1 310 

Reuben,   b 310,  ;«)8,  306 

Richard,  tr 312 

Richard,  b 327 

Robert,  b 329,  292 

Robert,  1 332,  288 

Robert,  b 330,  324 

Robert  G.,  Captain 332 

Robert  H.,  t 322 

Rufus  D..  t 321 

Sallie  P..  b 295 

.Samuel  J.,  t 305 

•Samuel  S..  t 319 

.Silas,  t 330 

.Simeon,   b 329 

Spolswood  A..  t....313,  310 

Stephen,  1 310 

.Sue  M.,  b 295 

Thaddeus,   t 326 

Thaddeus  C,  t 313 

Thomas,  1 317 

Thomas,  b 310 

Thomas,  t 330,  318 

Thomas  G.,  Elder 319 

Thomas  J.,  t 305,  3J5 

Thorpe  H..  t 314 

T.  Howard,  t 325 

William,  Family 303 

William,  tr ;i31,  327 

William,  1 331,  312,  304 

William,  b 2!)6,  295 

William,  t 327,  311,  310 

Wm.  Franklin,  1 321 

Wm.    I-ranklin.  b 324 

Wm.  Fred.,  b 288 

Wm.  H..  b 319 

Wm.  H.,  t 319.  305 

Wm.  Howe,  tr 293 

Wm.  Joseph,  t 305 

Wm.  L.  1 296 

Wm.  Peyton,   t :i32.  320 

Wm.  R.,'t 326 

Wyatt,  1 330 

Zachariah.  b 319 

Zachariah.  1 329 

Zachariah  F..  b 329 

Nicholson,  Mr,s.,  b 288 


\ 


Owen,  Elizabeth  M.,  b,  ..295 
Margaret  A.,  b 296 


Paul.  Susan  M.,  1 296 

PlumUe.  AmericusC,  t..319 

Caroline,  b 319 

Marshall,  t 319 

Pratt,   Dorothy,  1 288 


The  Nance  Memorial. 


353 


Kox,  Henry,  t 326 

Jane,  b 326 

Fouche,  Minerva  L,.,  t. .  ..319 

G 

Cage,  Mrs.  Victor,  t 288 

Gordaj',  Caroline  E.,  t...219 

H 

Hall,  Mary,  1) 296 

Hamilton,  Sarah  M..  b..  .296 

Harri.s,  Mary  K.,  t 319 

Helm ,  Mary  N. ,  t 329 

House,  Mafv,  1 331 

Hunt,  I.ucy'B.,  t 288 

J 

Jone.s,  A.  Tilman,  t 296 

Ira  P.,  t 296 

Martha  K.,  b 296 

Mary  E.,  t 319 

K 

Kimbro,  Elizabeth,  1 296 

L 

I.amar,  I^aura  E. ,  t 288 

I^amb,  Catharine,  b 321 

I^aurie,  Katharine,  t 326 

Lawrence,  He.ster,  b 331 

dayman,  I^ouisa  C,  t 32.") 

Leavenworth,  Eliza  C,  t  331 

Bedford,  Emma   I'.,  t 310 

Oney,  b 310 

I^incoln,  Su.san  A.,  t 322 

M 

Mabrv,  Oney,  t 310 

Malonev.  Martha,  1 -296 

Marks,  Martha,  t 322 

Matlock,  Antoinette,  l...".;96 
Maxwell.  Mrs.  James,  t,.288 

McCain,  Elizabeth,  b 321 

McCaughrin,  Frances,  t..288 

James  N.,  t 288 

Laura  f;.,  b 288 

Lucy,  t 288 

Nannie,  t 288 

McClo.sky,  Mary,  t 305 

McDole,  "F:iniira  F.,  t 305 

McCiffin.  Julia,  b 326 

Katharine,  t 326 

.Serena,  t 326 

William,  t 326 

Mclnto.sh,  Frances  M..  t.288 

Mings,  S.  F:iiz,  t 322 

Morris,  Mrs.,  b 288 

Murrell,  Sicily,  1 296 

N 

Nance,  A.  J.,  t 305,  305 

Albert,  t 314 

Alfred,  1 •; 288 

Alfred  H.,  t 330 

Alfred  K.,  t 327 

Allen,  t 330 

Allen  B.,  t 318 

Almon  I,.,  t 308 

Archibald,  b 318 

Archibald  J.,  b 332 

Archibald  J.,  t 332 

Archibald  W..  b 319 

Ben  f:..  t 329 

Benj.  A.,b 329 

Benj.  F;stes,  t 314 


Nance,  Benj.  F\,  b 296 

Penj.  P.,  t 325 

Bethenia   H.,  b 295  ■ 

Bird,  Captain,  1 308 

Calaway  B..  t 319 

Charles,  b 296 

Charles  B.,  t 326 

Charles  S.,  t 329 

Charles  W.,  t 322 

Clement,  tr 292 

Clement,  b 319,  331,  320 

Clement,  t :«0 

Clement,  1 308 

Clement  W.,  1 295 

Constantine,  b 295 

David,  Family 286 

David  T.,t 326 

Drayton,  1 288 

F:aton,  tr 328 

FZaton,  b 329 

Edmond,  1 309 

F;dwin,  t 313 

f:.  FMmond,  t 329 

Erasmus,  tr 293 

Fleming,  b 311 

Francis  M.,  t 321 

Frank,  t 310 

F'rederick,  Major,  tr  ..  .287 

Frederick.  1 292,  288 

Frederick,  b 331,  311 

Frederick  \V.,  1 296 

Frederick  W. ,  b 296 

George,  tr 329 

George,  1 329 

George,  b 330,  296 

George  W.,  t . .  .331,  330,  324 

Giles,  tr 328,  293 

Harbert,  b 330 

Harry  S.,  t 327 

Harvey,  t 318.  311 

Henry,  b 326,  306"- 

Henry,  t 330^ 

Herman  F.,  t 326 

Ira,b 324 

Lsham,  1 308 

James,  1 325,  327,326 

James,  b  ..  296,  327,  295,  327 

J— '^ ]'''-^:W^ 

James  B.,  t 326 

James  D..  b 288 

James  D..  t 330,  288 

James  H..  b 327 

James  H.,  t 327  1 

James  L.,   t 305  , 

James  W,,  t 305  ! 

Jefferson,  b 319,  319  ! 

Jefferson  A.,  t 306 

J.  K.  G.,  Captain,  b  ....288 

Jeptha  G.,  b 310 

Jes,se,  t 330 

Jesse  P.,  t 330 

Joel,  b 319 

Joel,  1 320 

John,  tr 321 

John,  1 308 

John,  b 313 

John  A.,  b 330 

John  A.,  t 322 

John  C,  b 319 

John  F..  t 329,  314 

John  H,,  t 305 

John  P.,  t 310 

John  Wel)b,  b 321 

John  Wesley,  b . . . .  325,  308 

Jo.seph,  1 304 

Joseph,  b 305 

Jo.seph,  t 308 

Joseph  H,,b 324 

Josiah  C,  1 295 

Jc^iah  W.,  b 295 

J.  W.,  t 324 

Leonard  C,  t 218 


Nance,  Lessenby,  t 309 

L.  M.,  t 329 

l<ogaii,  b 324 

Madison,  b 308 

Martin,  b 305 

Mary  Anne,  b 310  - 

Miles  R.,  b 324 

Mollie  f:.,  t 310 

Monroe,  t 332,  320,  311 

Montgomery  B.,  b ",^96 

Moscow,  b 326 

Nathaniel.  1 312 

Neuton.   t 327 

Norman  B.,  t 326 

Paschal,  t 318 

Paschal,  b 319 

Patrick,   b 305 

Patrick,  t ;«8 

Peter,  b 330,  318 

Peyton  S.,  1 309 

Peyton  W..  b 310 

Pryor,  t 318 

Reuben,  tr 303 

Reuben,  1 310 

Reuben,   b 310,  308,  306 

Richard,  tr 312 

Richard,  b 327 

Robert,  b 329,  292 

Robert,  1 332,  288 

Robert,  b 330,  324 

Robert  G.,  Captain 332 

Robert  H..  t 322 

Rufus  D.,  t 321 

Sallie  P..  1) ^95 

Samuel  J.,  t 305 

Samuel  S..  t 319 

Silas,  t 330 

Simeon,  b 3-9 

Spotswood  A.,  t, ,  ,313,  310 

Stephen,  1 310 

Sue  M..  b :i95 

Thaddeus.  t 326 

Thaddeus  C,  t 313 

Thomas,  1 317 

Thomas,  b 310 

Thomas,  t 330,  318 

Thomas  fi.,  F:ider 319 

Thomas  J.,  t 305,  3J5 

Thorpe  H.,  t 314 

T.  Howard,  t 325 

William,  Family 303 

William,  tr 331,  327 

William,  1 331,  312,  304 

William,  1) :^96,  295 

William,  t 327,  311,  310 

Wm.  Franklin.  1 321 

Wm.    Franklin,   b 324 

Wm.  Fred.,  b 288 

Wm.  H.,  b 319 

Wm.  H.,  t 319,  305 

Wm.  Howe,  tr 293 

Wm.  Joseph,  t ;305 

Wm.  L,  1 296 

Wm.  Peyton,   t 332,  320 

Wm.  R,  t 326 

Wyatt,  1 330 

Zachariah,  b 319 

Zachariah,  1 329 

Zachariah  F'. ,  b 329 

Nicholson,  Mrs.,  b 288 


Owen,  Elizabeth  M.,  b.  ..295 
Margaret  A.,  b 296 

P 

Paul,  Su.san  M..  1 296 

Phimlee.  AmericusC.  t..319 

Caroline,  b 319 

Marshall,  t 319 

Pratt,  Dorothy,  1 288 


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